medieval
adjective
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages.
quasi-medieval
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a word derived from
medieval.
Example Sentences
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In the "special century" already discussed, the average human life went from rudimentary – most people living in quasi-medieval conditions – to, roughly, barring some digital bells and whistles, an existence like ours today.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2021
The boxtrolls are a tribe of subterranean four-fingered creatures who live beneath the cobblestone streets of a steeply vertical, quasi-medieval town called Cheeseborough.
From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2014
But the fact that it’s also a fantasy saga, set in a quasi-medieval society, adds complications to the family aspects of the story.
From Time ● May 21, 2012
It had its own artistic and historic costume studio, specialising in free-flowing quasi-medieval Pre-Raphaelite gowns in dusky colours. You too could look like Janey Morris in a Rossetti portrait wearing a deep blue dress.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2011
He saw Spain in the days of its quasi-medieval darkness, and was in Paris at the close of the great Bolivar's career revolution.
From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Edwin Emerson
