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Definition of medieval adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

medieval

adjective
 
 
/ˌmediˈiːvl/
 
/ˌmediˈiːvl/,
 
/ˌmiːdˈiːvl/
(also mediaeval)
[usually before noun]
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  1. connected with the Middle Ages (about AD 1000 to AD 1450)
    • medieval architecture/castles/manuscripts
    • the literature of the late medieval period
    Topics Historyc1, Buildingsc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMedieval is used with these nouns:
    • archaeology
    • architecture
    • art
    • …
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    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from modern Latin medium aevum ‘middle age’ + -al.
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