'Medieval' definitions:

Definition of 'medieval'

(from WordNet)
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]

Definition of 'Medieval'

From: GCIDE
  • Medieval \Me`di*e"val\, Medievalism \Me`di*e"val*ism\, Medievalist \Me`di*e"val*ist\ . Same as Mediaeval, Mediaevalism, etc. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'medieval'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]