Salic
[ sal-ik, sey-lik ]
/ ˈsæl ɪk, ˈseɪ lɪk /
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adjective
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
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Also Salique.
Origin of Salic
1540–50; < Medieval Latin Salicus, equivalent to Late Latin Sal(iī) (plural) tribal name + -icus -ic
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salic
/ (ˈsælɪk, ˈseɪ-) /
adjective
(of rocks and minerals) having a high content of silica and alumina
Word Origin for salic
C20: from s (ilica) + al (umina) + -ic
Salic
Salique
/ (ˈsælɪk, ˈseɪlɪk) /
adjective
of or relating to the Salian Franks or the Salic law
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Salic
"based on or contained in the law code of the Salian Franks," 1540s, from French Salique, from Medieval Latin Salicus, from the Salian Franks, a tribe that once lived near the Zuider Zee, the ancestors of the Merovingian kings, literally "those living near the river Sala" (modern Ijssel).
Salic Law, code of law of Germanic tribes, was invoked 1316 by Philip V of France to exclude a woman from succeeding to the throne of France (and later to combat the French claims of Edward III of England), but the precise meaning of the passage is unclear.
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