- a variation of medieval.
mediaeval
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Helpfully, Naismith had "a powerhouse of early mediaeval numismatic research" on his doorstep: The Fitzwilliam Museum.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024
Suddenly a country usually lauded as a pluralistic Muslim democracy finds itself being accused of mediaeval moral meddling.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2022
He is like a latterday intellectual, a Christopher Hitchens perhaps, transposed to a mediaeval era; the most modern-minded character in the show, and as such among the most relatable.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2019
On Saturday, the Manneken Pis will receive a new costume based on a mediaeval city pageant.
From Reuters ● Feb. 3, 2017
From her pocket he tugged a huge bunch of rusted keys on an iron ring like a mediaeval jailer’s and ran back up the hall with the two women behind him.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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