Visigoth
noun
a member of the westerly division of the Goths, which formed a monarchy about a.d. 418, maintaining it in southern France until 507 and in Spain until 711.
Visigothic
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a word derived from
Visigoth.
Example Sentences
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In some cases, as in Visigothic Spain, Jewish residents faced the threat of either converting to Christianity or being expelled from the kingdom.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Then, in 711, they invaded Spain and smashed the Visigothic kingdom, definitively ending Arian Christianity across both North Africa and Spain.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
The story is inspired by the historical eighth-century Rodrigo, the last Visigothic king of Hispania.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2013
The strategy carried risks--notably that Bush would start to seem not just tough but Visigothic.
From Time Magazine Archive
After an independent subsistence of nearly 200 years, the Suevian kingdom was annexed to the Visigothic dominions under Leovigild in 585.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
