'Medieval' definitions:
adjective
Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages; "Medieval scholars"; "Medieval times" [syn: medieval,
mediaeval]
adjective
As if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating" [syn: medieval,
mediaeval,
gothic]
adjective
Characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years" [syn:
chivalric,
knightly, medieval]
- Medieval \Me`di*e"val\, Medievalism \Me`di*e"val*ism\,
Medievalist \Me`di*e"val*ist\ .
Same as Mediaeval, Mediaevalism, etc.
[1913 Webster]
- Mediaeval \Me`di*ae"val\ (m[=e]`d[i^]*[=e]"val; 277), a. [L.
medius middle + aevum age. See Middle, and Age.]
Of or relating to the Middle Ages; as, mediaeval
architecture. [Written also medieval.]
[1913 Webster]
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