ARTHURIAN
\ɑːθjˈʊɹi͡ən], \ɑːθjˈʊɹiən], \ɑː_θ_j_ˈʊ_ɹ_iə_n]\
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Of or pertaining to King Arthur, or to the legends connected with him and his knights of the Round Table. "Among the writers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the historical existence of Arthur was, with a few rare exceptions, denied, and the Arthurian legend regarded purely as an invention of the worthy chronicler, Geoffrey of Monmouth." - Ency. Brit.
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