caroling

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caroling¹

  • /ˈkæɹəlɪŋ/ UK

verb

  1. US, gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of carol

noun carolings

  1. A singing of carols. 1958, Brenda Lee, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree Later we'll have some pumpkin pie / And we'll do some caroling.

Caroling²

  • /ˈkærəlɪŋ/ UK

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From Medieval Latin Carolingus, from a Frankish patronymic ultimately composed of Proto-West Germanic *karil + *-ing. By surface analysis, Carolus + -ing.

noun Carolings · Carling · Karling · Karoling

  1. A descendant of Charles Martel; a Carolingian. The wonderful house of the Carolings, which produced no less than five successive rulers of genius […]

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noun descendant of Charles Martel

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@misc{caroling_2026,
  title = {caroling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/caroling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}