salian in English

noun
1
a member of the Salii, a 4th-century Frankish people living near the River IJssel, from whom the Merovingians were descended.
adjective
1
relating to the Salii.

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1. The Law of the Salian Franks (Pactus Legis Salicae) was a written code that most likely originated during the reign of Clovis

2. These precedents encouraged lawyers to talk of the immemorial law of the Salian Franks under which women were excluded from the succession.