Ripuarian

[ rip-yoo-air-ee-uhn ]

adjective

1. designating or pertaining to a group of Franks who lived along the Rhine in the neighborhood of Cologne during the 4th century or the code of laws observed by them.

noun

1. a Ripuarian Frank.

Ripuarian

/ ˌrɪpjʊˈɛərɪən /

adjective

1. 1. of or relating to the group of Franks who lived during the 4th century near Cologne along the Rhine
   2. of or designating their code of laws

noun

1. a Ripuarian Frank

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ripuarian¹

1775–85; < Medieval Latin Ripuāri ( us ) + -an

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ripuarian¹

C18: from Medieval Latin Ripuārius , perhaps from Latin rīpa a river bank

Example Sentences

In his expedition against the Arians, he had found a faithful ally in his relative Sighebert, the old and infirm king of the Ripuarian Franks.

From Project Gutenberg

Having obtained The wars of Clovis. possession of that part of Gaul which lay between the Seine and the Loire, Clovis turned his attention to his eastern neighbours, and was soon engaged in a struggle with the Alamanni which probably arose out of a quarrel between them and the Ripuarian Franks for the possession of the middle Rhine.

From Project Gutenberg

From the end of the fifth century Cologne belonged to the Franks and was long occupied by the Ripuarian kings.

From Project Gutenberg

In the old domain of the Ripuarian Franks, the provinces on the other side of the Rhine from Cleves to the Moselle, and the Grafschaft of Mark, Essen, Werden, and Berg, had already in the middle ages freed themselves from bondage: those who had not property as landowners were freemen with leases for life.

From Project Gutenberg

The Salian Franks had, in the fifth century, conquered northern Gaul from the Batavian coast to the Somme River; the Ripuarian Franks formed a state along the Rhine, the Maas, and the Moselle, with Cologne as a capital.

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