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Definition

relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages

Much more rarely, medieval may be used to refer to something as old-fashioned and unenlightened.

medieval = relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages

India and China have not been so relatively powerful since medieval times.
a medieval attitude toward dating
The book examines the connections between medieval literature and courtly love.
He painted studies from nature under the guidance of an Italian professor of painting, and studied medieval Italian life.
Tolstoy, Leo -- Anna Karenina
The only shelter was provided by the suits of medieval armour punctuating the walls.
Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl

medieval = relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages

There was a medieval magnificence about it:
Richard Connell -- The Most Dangerous Game

medieval = relating to the Middle Ages

It's like a history club, where they study the medieval period together, on weekends.
Sarah Dessen -- Someone Like You

medieval = relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages

Like some medieval town with the castle smack at the center.
Don DeLillo -- Underworld

medieval = relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages

Non-magic people (more commonly known as Muggles) were particularly afraid of magic in medieval times, but not very good at recognizing it.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

medieval = relating to the Middle Ages

You can visit the ruins of an old medieval castle up there and look out on the plains and the orchards.
Khaled Hosseini -- And The Mountains Echoed
Phases of the history of the world flashed through her mind—Greek and Roman wars, dark, mediaeval times, the crimes in the name of religion.
Zane Grey -- Riders of the Purple Sage
Hiro breaks out of his orbit and heads straight for him, and they come together like a couple of medieval jousters.
Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
I was in an enormous classroom, with a vaulted ceiling like a medieval cathedral.
Ji-Li Jiang -- Red Scarf Girl
Medieval city: crooked streets, lights draped on bridges and shining off rain-peppered canals, melting in the drizzle.
Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch
"So medieval," an unpleasantly shrill, female voice gushed back.
Stephenie Meyer -- New Moon
The moral rage, it's a throwback, it's medieval.
Thomas Pynchon -- The Crying of Lot 49
It offered promise and hope for the future, and it swept away the old medieval system, which was hundreds of years old.
Michael Crichton -- Jurassic Park
The walls rose about three feet and were utterly medieval in their homeliness.
Dave Eggers -- A Hologram for the King
Yes; they are mediaeval—half savage.
Grace MacGowan Cooke -- The Power and the Glory

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