Definition of Rankish

1. somewhat rank [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rankish

rank and file
rank and yank
rank order
rankachite
rankamaite
ranke
ranked
ranker
rankers
rankes
rankest
ranking
ranking(a)
rankings
rankinite
rankish (current term)
rankism
rankisms
rankle
rankled
ranklement
rankles
rankless
rankling
ranklingly
rankly
rankness
ranknesses
ranks
rankshift

Literary usage of Rankish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"The r'rankish kings enacted that no freeman should be ordained without the per- missi'in of the ... 134) ; but it is not found out of tbe i rankish domain. ..."

2. A Short History of the English People by John Richard Green (1890)
"His marriage with Bertha, the daughter if the r- rankish King Charibert of Paris, created a fresh tie between Kent and Gaul. But the union had far more ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Boniface sent a b'rankish priest to Rome to make a report to the pope, and the latter held on 25 October, 745, a synod at the Lateran at which, ..."

4. The Holy Roman Empire by James Bryce Bryce (1887)
"See Appendix, Note A. b Some add a fifth crown, of Germany (making that ot Aachen F'rankish), whicli they say belonged to Regensburg. ..."

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