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mediaeval

American  
[mee-dee-ee-vuhl, med-ee-, mid-ee-, mid-ee-vuhl] / ˌmi diˈi vəl, ˌmɛd i-, ˌmɪd i-, mɪdˈi vəl /

adjective

  1. medieval.


mediaeval British  
/ ˌmɛdɪˈiːvəl /

adjective

  1. a variant spelling of medieval

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • antimediaeval adjective
  • antimediaevally adverb
  • postmediaeval adjective
  • pseudomediaeval adjective
  • quasi-mediaeval adjective
  • unmediaeval adjective

Example Sentences

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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

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

“The glamorous vast multiplicity, all made up of differences, mediaeval, romantic differences,” D. H. Lawrence wrote, in “Mr. Noon,” his semi-fictional account of crossing the Alps with Frieda Weekley after their elopement.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 11, 2016

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