Ripuarian

American  

[rip-yoo-air-ee-uhn] / ˌrɪp yuˈɛər i ən /

adjective

1. designating or pertaining to a group of Franks who lived along the Rhine in the neighborhood of Cologne during the 4th century or the code of laws observed by them.

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noun

1. a Ripuarian Frank.

Ripuarian British  

/ ˌrɪpjʊˈɛərɪən /

adjective

1. 1. of or relating to the group of Franks who lived during the 4th century near Cologne along the Rhine

   2. of or designating their code of laws

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noun

1. a Ripuarian Frank

Etymology

Origin of Ripuarian

1775–85; < Medieval Latin Ripuāri ( us ) + -an

Example Sentences

But at his death one-half or one-third of the property acquired during his married life belongs to the wife according to the law of the Saxon and Ripuarian Franks.

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann

A Salian Frank himself, he joined to himself the Ripuarian Franks on the Lower Rhine, and made war on the Alemanni, who were planted on both sides of the river.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

Despite the resistance of the Ripuarian Franks, to whom Rome had committed the defense of the Rhine, they crossed that river on the last day of the year 406.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

The civil law then consisted of the Theodosian code, the Salic, Ripuarian, Allemannic, Bavarian, Burgundian, and other codes; and of the formularies of Angesise and Marculfus.

From The Life of Hugo Grotius With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the Netherlands by Butler, Charles

Such are the Salic, the Ripuarian, the Alemannic, the Burgundian, the Visigothic, and the Lombard laws.

From The Life of Hugo Grotius With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the Netherlands by Butler, Charles