CAROLINGIAN

adjective Etymology: French carolingien, from Medieval Latin Karolingi ~s, from Karolus Charlemagne + -ingi (as in Merovingi Merovingians) Date: 1881 of or relating to a Frankish dynasty dating from about A.D. 613 and including among its members the rulers of France from 751 to 987, of Germany from 752 to 911, and of Italy from 774 to 961, ~ noun