Theodosian
Americanadjective
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of or relating to Theodosius I, who made Christianity the official state religion of the Roman Empire.
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of or relating to Theodosius II, who issued the earliest collection of the imperial laws Theodosian Code.
Etymology
Origin of Theodosian
1755–65; Theodosius ( def. ) + -an
Example Sentences
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The Theodosian Code represented a trend of emperors attempting to address religious issues through laws and edicts.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
For example, in 429, the emperor Theodosius II established a commission to compile what became known as the Theodosian Code, a single publication containing all laws issued after 312 CE from across the empire.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Unlike the Theodosian Code, however, the Code of Justinian regulated imperial edicts by addressing any inconsistencies among them.
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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
In 438 there was published the Theodosian code, a collection of imperial edicts which constituted the administrative law of the empire, and which was accepted in the West as well as in the East.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
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