单词 | lotharingian |
释义 | Lotharingiann.adj. Chiefly historical. A. n. A native or inhabitant of Lotharingia or Lorraine. Cf. Lorrainer n.Lotharingia was a medieval kingdom, later a duchy, in north-western Europe.In 843, Charlemagne's Empire was divided into three parts, of which the central one (a strip stretching from the coast of the Low Countries to northern Italy) was given as a kingdom to the Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I (795–855). Upon Lothair's abdication in 855, this territory was further divided between his sons, with Lothair II (835–869) inheriting the northern part, which later became known as Lotharingia. It became a duchy in the early 10th cent., and after a further division, its southern part continued as the duchy of Lorraine, now an administrative region in north-eastern France (cf. Lorraine n.). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of medieval states > [noun] Lotharingian1607 Neustrian1647 Ottonian1852 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 46 They [sc. beavers] are vsed by the Lotharingians and Sauoyens for meat allowed to be eaten on fish-daies. 1635 W. Saltonstall tr. G. Mercator Historia Mundi 592 The greatest part consists of strangers, as Swethlanders, Bavarians, Burgundians, Sabaudians and Lotharingians, who having once entred into a Country, doe not soone remove from thence. 1726 J. Breval Remarks Several Parts Europe I. 93 The Lotharingians having made an Offer of their Crown to King Lewis, deliver'd themselves from the great Danger they were in. 1798 tr. Anecd. & Traits Incursion into Franconia 60 Some regiments were almost entirely composed of Alsacians and German Lotharingians; and these shewed particular enmity to the peaceable peasants. 1838 C. B. Elliott Trav. I. ii. 53 Her marriage with Francis the Lotharingian. 1890 Westm. Rev. 134 601 What is felt is, that in Alsace-Lorraine a political experiment is being made, not at all to the liking or profit of Alsatians and Lotharingians. 1921 Amer. Hist. Rev. 26 449 This army numbered 200,000, of which only 3,000 were horsemen, and..contained Frenchmen, Flemings, Englishmen, and Lotharingians. 1995 Isis 86 566 An interest in compotus that was part of the legacy of the Celtic church and the works of some scholarly Lotharingians with similar interests. B. adj. Of or relating to Lotharingia or Lorraine, or their inhabitants. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > France or Frankish land > [adjective] > other parts of France Gascon1445 Angevin1546 provincial1561 Provençal1581 Lotharingian1635 Languedocian1650 Savoyard1664 Provençale1694 Biscayan1769 Tourangeois1857 Rivieran1873 Strasbourgeois1878 Perigourdine1951 Tourangeau1973 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of medieval states > [adjective] Lotharingian1635 long-haired?1645 Neustrian1861 Ottonian1896 1635 W. Saltonstall tr. G. Mercator Historia Mundi 506 Out of this Dukedome and from the Prince thereof which came of the Lotharingian family, the first King of Portugall was descended. a1729 E. Taylor Metrical Hist. Christianity (1962) 346 Off thereby The Heads of Eringer and Berthold fly, Brethren unto the Lotharingian Duke. 1778 Scots Mag. Apr. 172/1 What encouragement for an emperor, young, ambitious, full of vigour, and, what is more, born a Lotharingian prince! 1833 C. Cushing Rev. Late Revol. France II. x. 236 The Lotharingian Kingdom had disappeared, being absorbed in France and Germany. 1883 S. Baring-Gould Germany iii. 60 We will begin with the Lorraine, or Lotharingian plateau, which has only belonged to Germany since the peace of Frankfurt, in 1871. 1909 J. H. B. Masterman Dawn Mediæval Europe xxiii. 216 Louis the German and Charles both fell upon his [sc. Lothair's] Lotharingian lands like birds of prey. 1969 Listener 6 Feb. 165/2 In this new economic Europe, which hinges on the Rhine and the Rhône—the Lotharingian axis, as it's sometimes called—Brittany tends to feel even more isolated. 2001 J. Nightingale Monasteries & Patrons xvii. 256 The office of advocate had already figured prominently in the affairs of Lotharingian abbeys from the early tenth century. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1607 |
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