mediaeval
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That your traditions are ancient we see in the construction of this great Hall and the reminders of Mediaeval predecessors of the Office to which I have been called.
From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2022
He was granted Portuguese citizenship last year based on a law offering naturalisation to descendants of Sephardic Jews who were expelled from the Iberian peninsula during the Mediaeval Inquisition.
From Reuters • Mar. 12, 2022
Mediaeval accounts refer sporadically to slaves working as household servants, bodyguards, militiamen and sailors in the Persian Gulf including what is today southern Iran.
From The Guardian • Jan. 14, 2016
The women had to deal with the misogyny inherent in a Mediaeval society—but, forced to the sidelines, they found creative ways to seize power.
From Time • Jun. 11, 2015
We’ve finished the Mediaeval period, with its reliquaries and elongated saints, and are speeding through the Renaissance, hitting the high points.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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