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  Salic

  adjective

  of or relating to the Salian Franks.
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  salic

  adjective

  (of rocks and minerals) having a high content of silica and alumina

Salic

American  

[sal-ik, say-lik] / ˈsæl ɪk, ˈseɪ lɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Salian Franks.

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Salic ¹ British  

/ ˈseɪlɪk, ˈsælɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Salian Franks or the Salic law

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salic ² British  

/ ˈsælɪk, ˈseɪ- /

adjective

1. (of rocks and minerals) having a high content of silica and alumina

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Etymology

Origin of Salic

1540–50; < Medieval Latin Salicus, equivalent to Late Latin Sal ( iī ) (plural) tribal name + -icus -ic

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Example Sentences

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Salic salic

Since her father abolished the so-called Salic law, which allows only male heirs – she can expect to be the next head of her royal house.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

If Salic Law had applied in Great Britain and Victoria had not succeeded King William IV as Queen in 1837, who would be the sovereign today?

From Time ● Jul. 23, 2013

Repeal of the Salic Law forbidding female rulers allowed her to succeed to the throne.

From Time Magazine Archive

Salic law or no Salic law, the dukedoms were hers, and should stay.

From A Short History of Germany by Mary Platt Parmele

Two years after Canute's expedition to the Slavic lands, Henry the Saint passed to his reward, and Conrad the Salic succeeded to the imperial dignities.

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Laurence Marcellus Larson

The salic law seemed not to have penetrated to French inns.

From The Cloister and the Hearth by Charles Reade

It is partly made up of salic lands; these I hold of my father, who held them both of his sword and the bounty of your grandfather, Clovis.

From The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres by Eugène Sue

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