Ravennan

English

Etymology

Ravenna +‎ -an

Adjective

Ravennan (comparative more Ravennan, superlative most Ravennan)

  1. Ravennate; of Ravenna.
    • 2012, Bronwen Neil, "Crisis and Wealth in Byzantine Italy: The Libri Pontificales of Rome and Ravenna" in Byzantion, Vol. 82:
      ...the defining differences between Roman and Ravennan approaches to crisis management...

Noun

Ravennan (plural Ravennans)

  1. (uncommon) One of the Ravennese: a native or inhabitant of Ravenna in Italy.
    • 1984, Wm. M. Daly & al., The Republic of St. Peter: The Birth of the Papal State, 680–825, p. 190
      Soon papal rhetoric began to claim the Ravennans as territorial members of St. Peter's flock needing the protection of the pope as their shepherd.
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