Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Medieval"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mediaeval \Me`di*[ae]"val\, a. [L. medius middle + aevum age.
See {Middle}, and {Age}.]
Of or relating to the Middle Ages; as, medi[ae]val
architecture. [Written also {medieval}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Medieval \Me`di*e"val\, Medievalism \Me`di*e"val*ism\,
Medievalist \Me`di*e"val*ist\ .
Same as {Medi?val}, {Medi?valism}, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
medieval
adj 1: relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages; "Medieval
scholars"; "Medieval times" [syn: {mediaeval}]
2: as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and
unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating" [syn: {mediaeval},
{gothic}]
3: characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the
Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years" [syn:
{chivalric}, {knightly}]
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