Brown follows Margaret Starbird in deriving the dynastic name Merovingian from the French "mer" for sea and "vigne" for vine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dan Brown's statement to the court tells us how little he knows] Reference

Most of the Merovingian nobles were gathered here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last Sword Of Power]

The Merovingian reports on season 3 episode titles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Season 3 is 2 months away] Reference

Merovingian arms in the woodman's hut in the Nideck.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man-Wolf and Other Tales] Reference

Or perhaps there is another Merovingian connection here.    From Wordnik.com.  [‘Anglo-Saxon’ cemetery discovered in Yorkshire] Reference

But he's dead wrong about the Merovingian being "witty.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Spoilers behind cuts.] Reference

French Monarchy, from the Merovingian crypts of the Abbaye de.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference

I think that the Merovingian is one of my favorite movie villains.    From Wordnik.com.  [qdiosa Diary Entry] Reference

The newest adversary, the Merovingian, was delightfully despicable.    From Wordnik.com.  [qdiosa Diary Entry] Reference

Lorette, where there are the ruins of an old Merovingian military road.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference

It is made with gold probably melted down from Merovingian French coins.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference

Merovingian past, and to shed around me the reflections of such ancient history.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swann's Way] Reference

The Merovingian would say yes, but he's more predictable than I am on some topics.    From Wordnik.com.  [spice shopping and beautiful mutants] Reference

The Merovingian and Carolingian kings were simply German princes reigning in Gaul.    From Wordnik.com.  [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference

And the Merovingian ones may have circulated as if they were better than they in fact are.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Merovingian coins from Sutton Hoo] Reference

The general had twice met Ursus, but had never seen the blond warrior the Merovingian had become.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last Sword Of Power]

To me it calls to mind how St. Columbanus brought a purified faith from Ireland to Merovingian Gaul.    From Wordnik.com.  [Africa] Reference

Carla - I'm a bit naughtily amused by the description of the Merovingian gift possibility as "tribute.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Merovingian coins from Sutton Hoo] Reference

Michael Sheen briefly shows up with a campy and obnoxious riff on Merovingian from The Matrix Reloaded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scott Mendelson: HuffPost Review: Tron: Legacy (2010)] Reference

Most if not all of the coins available in England at the time would have been Merovingian and made of gold.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference

Clotaire I., and until 613 it formed a separate state under the government of a prince of the Merovingian family.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference

Dating Merovingian coins is non-trivial, as the coins do not always carry the name of a ruler or of an identifiable mint.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference

Thirteen of the coins either have no mint name or an unidentifiable one, leaving only 24 from the known Merovingian mints.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference

Gold is supposed to exchange with silver at about 1:8 then, but these Merovingian tremisses are very pale gold, nearly silver.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Merovingian coins from Sutton Hoo] Reference

I had forgotten it as completely as the chronology of the Merovingian dynasty, alas! with all the other school things forgotten.    From Wordnik.com.  [Balcony Stories] Reference

If they are correct the long lines of Merovingian and Carolingian Frankish kings deserve their share of the credit, not just one.    From Wordnik.com.  [[charles martel] saint or sinner] Reference

The Goths now knew - if they were ever in doubt - that Uther's army was not as poorly led as the Merovingian forces across the water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last Sword Of Power]

"Such is the end of the most ancient monument known of Merovingian architecture, of which Schlosser, the historian, says," etc., etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man-Wolf and Other Tales] Reference

Charles Martel, who defeated the Moslems at Tours-Poitiers and who had ruled under the Merovingian monarchy, left his power to two sons.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Early Middle Ages 500-1000] Reference

Fredegar also makes clear the increasing importance of an official active under the Merovingian kings and known as the mayor of the palace.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Early Middle Ages 500-1000] Reference