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Capetian

adjective Ca·pe·tian \kə-ˈpē-shən\

Definition of CAPETIAN

:  of or relating to the French royal house that ruled from 987 to 1328
— Capetian noun
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Origin of CAPETIAN

Hugh Capet
First Known Use: 1836

Rhymes with CAPETIAN

accretion, completion, concretion, deletion, depletion, excretion, Helvetian, Lucretian, Ossetian, Phoenician, repletion, secretion, suppletion, Tahitian, Venetian

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