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medieval

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me·di·e·val also me·di·ae·val  (md-vl, md-, m-dvl)
adj. also Medieval
1. Relating or belonging to the Middle Ages.
2. Informal Old-fashioned; unenlightened: parents with a medieval attitude toward dating.

[From New Latin medium aevum, the middle age : Latin, neuter of medius, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots + Latin aevum, age; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.]

medi·eval·ly adv.

medieval or mediaeval [med-ee-eve-al]
Adjective
1. of, relating to, or in the style of the Middle Ages
2. Informal old-fashioned or primitive [New Latin medium aevum the middle age]
medievalist
mediaevalist n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.medieval - relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages; "Medieval scholars"; "Medieval times"
2.medieval - as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating"
nonmodern - not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time
3.medieval - characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"
past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"

medieval
adjective (Informal) old-fashioned, antique, primitive, obsolete, out-of-date, archaic, prehistoric, antiquated, anachronistic, antediluvian, unenlightened, out of the ark
Translations
Spanish medieval, mediaeval [mɛdɪˈiːvl] adjmedieval
French medieval [mɛdɪˈiːvl] adjmédiéval(e)
German medieval [mɛdɪˈiːvl] adjmittelalterlich
Italian medieval [mɛdɪˈiːvl] adjmedievale

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He painted studies from nature under the guidance of an Italian professor of painting, and studied medieval Italian life.
And though our personal sympathies may well go to the finer-spirited Irish, this outcome was on the whole fortunate; for only through religious union with Rome during the slow centuries of medieval rebirth could England be bound to the rest of Europe as one of the family of cooperating Christian states; and outside that family she would have been isolated and spiritually starved.
There is much that is immortal in this medieval lady.
 
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