medieval

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medieval - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

medieval - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  medieval
      adj 1: relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages; "Medieval
             scholars"; "Medieval times" [syn: medieval,
             mediaeval]
      2: as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and
         unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating" [syn:
         medieval, mediaeval, gothic]
      3: characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the
         Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years" [syn:
         chivalric, knightly, medieval]