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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mediaeval \Me'di*[ae]"val\ (m[=e]'d[i^]*[=e]"val; 277), adjective [L. medius middle + aevum age. See {Middle}, and {Age}.] Of or relating to the Middle Ages; as, medi[ae]val architecture. [Written also {medieval}.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Medieval \Me'di*e"val\, Medievalism \Me'di*e"val*ism\, Medievalist \Me'di*e"val*ist\ . Same as {Medi[ae]val}, {Medi[ae]valism}, etc.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
medieval
adjective
1: relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages; "Medieval scholars"; "Medieval times" [syn: {mediaeval}]
2: as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating" [syn: {mediaeval}, {gothic}]
3: characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years" [syn: {chivalric}, {knightly}]
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