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mediaeval

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me·di·ae·val  (md-vl, md-, m-dvl)
adj.
Variant of medieval.
mediaeval [med-ee-eve-al]
Adjective
same as medieval
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Adj.1.mediaeval - relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages; "Medieval scholars"; "Medieval times"
medieval
2.mediaeval - as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating"
medieval, gothic
nonmodern - not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time


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The gabled brick, tile, and freestone houses had almost dried off for the season their integument of lichen, the streams in the meadows were low, and in the sloping High Street, from the West Gateway to the mediaeval cross, and from the mediaeval cross to the bridge, that leisurely dusting and sweeping was in progress which usually ushers in an old-fashioned market-day.
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My dear fellow, mediaeval art is charming, but mediaeval emotions are out of date.
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