Longobard

[ long-goh-bahrd, -guh- ]

noun

1. Lombard ¹( def 2 ).

Longobard

/ ˈlɒŋɡəˌbɑːd /

noun

1. a rare name for an ancient Lombard

Derived Forms

• ˌLongoˈbardian, adjective

Example Sentences

Patrick Geary, a medieval historian at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, who co-led the Longobard study, would not comment on the research because it is now being peer reviewed.

From Nature

Luitprand enacted that no Longobard should give more than one-fourth of his substance as a Morgengab.

From Project Gutenberg

The same kind of abuse of the art was practised in places under the sway of the Longobard dukes, one of which was the Friuli, which still preserves a number of these barbarous efforts.

From Project Gutenberg

The Gaetani are of Longobard origin, and the founder of the house is said to be one Dominus Constantinus Cagetanus, who flourished in the 10th century, but the family had no great importance until the election of Benedetto Gaetani to the papacy as Boniface VIII. in 1294, when they at once became the most notable in the city.

From Project Gutenberg

Aistulf, the Longobard king, who had driven the Byzantines out of the Exarchy of Ravenna, was marching against Rome, which still nominally belonged to the Eastern Empire.

From Project Gutenberg