premedieval

American

[pree-mee-dee-ee-vuhl, -med-ee-, -mid-ee-, pree-mee-dee-, pree-med-ee-, -mid-ee-, pree-mid-ee-vuhl] / priˌmi diˈi vəl, -ˌmɛd i-, -ˌmɪd i-, ˌpri mi di-, ˌpri mɛd i-, -mɪd i-, ˌpri mɪdˈi vəl /

Or premediaeval

adjective

prior to the Middle Ages.

Etymology

Origin of premedieval

First recorded in 1855–60; pre- + medieval

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The state of Israel is an island of Western culture, freedom and law in a morass of premedieval hate.

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