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Palaeologian

Palaeologian is the alternative form of Palaiologan.

Meaning of Palaiologan

Noun

Palaiologan (plural Palaiologans)

  1. (historical) A member of the last ruling dynasty of the Byzantine Empire, which reigned from AD 1261 to AD 1453.
    • Scholars have also posited renaissances after the tenth century during the reign of the Komnenes in the eleventh and twelfth centuries and under the Palaiologans in the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.2010, Liz James, A Companion to Byzantium, →ISBN, page 345

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Forms of Palaeologian

pluralPalaeologians

Questions about Palaeologian

What is Palaeologian the alternative form of?
Palaeologian is the alternative form of Palaiologan.

Words near Palaeologian in the dictionary

  1. palaeolithic
  2. palaeolithical
  3. palaeoliths
  4. Palaeologan
  5. Palaeologans
  6. Palaeologian
  7. Palaeologians
  8. palaeologic
  9. palaeological
  10. palaeologism
  11. palaeologist

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