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- Napoleonic Na*po`le*on"ic, a. Of or pertaining to Napoleon I., or his family; resembling, or having the qualities of, Napoleon I. --Lowell. [1913 Webster]
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Napoleonic — adj. of, relating to, or characteristic of Napoleon I or his time. * * * Napoleonically, adv. /neuh poh lee on ik/, adj. pertaining to, resembling, or suggestive of Napoleon I, or, less often, Napoleon III, or their dynasty: the Napoleonic era; a … Useful english dictionary
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Napoleonic Code — n. Eng. name for CODE NAPOLÉON * * * French Code Civil French civil code enacted by Napoleon in 1804. It clarified and made uniform the private law of France and followed Roman law in being divided into three books: the law of persons, things,… … Universalium
