Salique
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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One of these families, sometimes called* Salique, sometimes Guiebelinga or Waiblinge, reigned in Franconia, and had furnished the four last emperors; it was distinguished by its long disputes with the Church: the other family, originally of Allfort, possessed Bavaria; and many of its heads, devoted to the popes, had borne the name of Welf or Guelpho.
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The salique law seemed not to have penetrated to French inns.
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His book against the salique law is still in the possession of the Lambeth library.
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Did not those French heathen have a Salique law?
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Our Salique Law provides that universal homage shall be paid all beautiful women.
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