CAROLINGIAN

[Car.o.lin.gi.an] adj [F carolingien, fr. ML Karolingi Carolingians, fr. Karolus Charlemagne + -ingi (as in Merovingi Merovingians)] (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 -- Carolingian n