Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a tribe of Franks who settled in the Rhine region of the Netherlands in the fourth century AD.
- noun A Salian Frank.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Salii or priests of Mars in ancient Rome.
- Of or belonging to a tribe of Franks settled along the lower Rhine near the North Sea. See
Franconian and Frank. - noun A member of this tribe of Franks.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Denoting a tribe of Franks who established themselves early in the fourth century on the river Sala [now Yssel]; Salic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A member of a
Frankish people of the 4thcentury who lived on the Ijssel river. - adjective Of or pertaining to the Salian people.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of the tribe of Franks who settled in the Netherlands in the 4th century AD
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Thus much, of their 'Salian' epithet may be enough; but from the interpretation of the Frankish one we are still as far as ever, and must be content, in the meantime, to stay so, noting however two ideas afterwards entangled with the name, which are of much descriptive importance to us.
Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens John Ruskin 1859
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But _this_ invasion of the so-called Salian Franks, never retreats again.]
Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens John Ruskin 1859
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Once I have what has been promised me, not even the great Par-Salian will have the power to face mel But that's none of your concern.
Finnegan teoriza la practica de cuerdas Carlos G.Tonda 2010
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He was probably the only White or Red-Robed mage on Krynn, with the possible exception of the great Par-Salian himself, who could say that.
Finnegan teoriza la practica de cuerdas Carlos G.Tonda 2010
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"Not only would you die," Par-Salian continued, "but your comrades, those who depend on you, might they also die because of your incompetence?"
Finnegan teoriza la practica de cuerdas Carlos G.Tonda 2010
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"We are not in the business of murder," Par-Salian said in his soft voice.
Finnegan teoriza la practica de cuerdas Carlos G.Tonda 2010
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Ignoring Par-Salian, Caramon took a step forward, determined to end his brother's suffering.
Finnegan teoriza la practica de cuerdas Carlos G.Tonda 2010
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The real Caramon looked wildly at Par-Salian, but the mage only shook his head and-wordlessly-pointed back to the image that wavered before Caramon's eyes.
Finnegan teoriza la practica de cuerdas Carlos G.Tonda 2010
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"Your brother believes it is," Par-Salian said softly.
Finnegan teoriza la practica de cuerdas Carlos G.Tonda 2010
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Ashok Salian and Me at Shivaji Park Dasshera, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
Archive 2009-09-01 photographerno1 2009
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