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medieval Definition

me·di·eval (mē′dē ēvəl, mid′ē-; mi dēvəl)

adjective

of, like, characteristic of, or suggestive of the Middle Ages

Etymology: < L medius, middle (see mid) + aevum, age + -al

medieval Related Forms

me′·di·eval·ly adverb

medieval Synonyms

medieval

modif.

pertaining to the Middle Ages, feudal, antiquated, ancient; see old 3.

medieval Usage Examples

Used with adjective complement

  • cover: Also provides educational services for schools, topics covering medieval to Victorian periods, includes interactive workshops.
  • get: Damn fine move Mr Laz - it's time to get medieval on these mofos.
  • go: Too bad we never get to see him go medieval on the boards.
  • appear: The woman, however, is a mystery to me - she appears medieval, but entirely secular.
  • discover: Day 3: spend your day discovering medieval San Gimignano, strolling along its charming streets lined with ancient houses and palaces.
  • study: Simon Cotton has studied more medieval Suffolk wills and bequests than anyone.

Modifies a noun

  • castle: The museum is accommodated in a rebuilt medieval castle in the middle of Castle Gardens.
  • manuscript: The medieval manuscript was far more likely to be physically beautiful than the modern Bible.
  • pottery: Digging during April and May 1978 yielded a quantity of medieval pottery, mainly 13th-15th c. , and some struck flakes, probably Mesolithic.
  • church: Simply, medieval churches were not dedicated to Saints at all.
  • cathedral: It is the only medieval cathedral on the Scottish mainland to have survived the Reformation of 1560 complete.
  • town: The medieval town lay immediately to the south of the monastic precinct.

Modifying Another Word

  • late: The previous saturday to rail about bold duke of late medieval on.
  • early: The result of the grading exercise was to identify a total of 279 Early Medieval ecclesiastical sites, ranging from certain to possible.
  • pretty: Close to the pretty village of Lizio & the pretty medieval market town of Josselin.
  • mainly: The present church is mainly medieval with Elizabethan and Victorian additions.
  • probably: Four marshy ponds to the SE of the moat were probably medieval fish ponds.
  • certainly: The route is almost certainly medieval, tho parts of it may have changed over time.

Preposition: in

origin: The walls of the nave and the west end are likely to be medieval in origin.