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I've come off horses and fought in medieval battles using axes, hammers and swords as well as fists. Getting your teeth knocked out is an occupational hazard.
James Cosmo

Meaning of "medieval" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MEDIEVAL

From New Latin medium aevum the middle age.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MEDIEVAL

medieval  [ˌmɛdɪˈiːvəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEDIEVAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Medieval is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MEDIEVAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

medieval

Middle Ages

In European history, the Middle Ages, or Medieval period, lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: Antiquity, Medieval period, and Modern period. The Medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, the High, and the Late Middle Ages. Depopulation, deurbanisation, invasion, and movement of peoples, which had begun in Late Antiquity, continued in the Early Middle Ages. The barbarian invaders, including various Germanic peoples, formed new kingdoms in what remained of the Western Roman Empire. In the 7th century, North Africa and the Middle East, once part of the Eastern Roman Empire came under the rule of the Caliphate, an Islamic empire, after conquest by Muhammad's successors. Although there were substantial changes in society and political structures, the break with Antiquity was not complete. The still-sizeable Byzantine Empire survived in the east and remained a major power.

Definition of medieval in the English dictionary

The definition of medieval in the dictionary is of, relating to, or in the style of the Middle Ages. Other definition of medieval is old-fashioned; primitive.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEDIEVAL


approval
əˈpruːvəl
coaeval
kəʊˈiːvəl
coeval
kəʊˈiːvəl
disapproval
ˌdɪsəˈpruːvəl
evil
ˈiːvəl
khedival
kɪˈdiːvəl
longaeval
lɒnˈdʒiːvəl
marvel
ˈmɑːvəl
Marvell
ˈmɑːvəl
mediaeval
ˌmɛdɪˈiːvəl
orval
ˈɔːvəl
postmedieval
ˌpəʊstˌmɛdɪˈiːvəl
premedieval
ˌpriːmɛdɪˈiːvəl
primaeval
praɪˈmiːvəl
primeval
praɪˈmiːvəl
receival
rɪˈsiːvəl
removal
rɪˈmuːvəl
retrieval
rɪˈtriːvəl
shrieval
ˈʃriːvəl
upheaval
ʌpˈhiːvəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEDIEVAL

medicine cupboard
medicine lodge
medicine man
medicine men
medicine shop
medicine wheel
mediciner
medick
medico
medicolegal
Medieval Greek
Medieval History
Medieval Latin
medieval studies
medievalism
medievalist
medievalistic
medievally
medigap
medina

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEDIEVAL

archival
arrival
aval
carnival
confidence interval
festival
film festival
hair removal
information retrieval
interval
Laval
music festival
naval
oval
Perceval
Reval
revival
rival
rounceval
survival

Synonyms and antonyms of medieval in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MEDIEVAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «medieval» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of medieval

Translation of «medieval» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEDIEVAL

Find out the translation of medieval to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of medieval from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «medieval» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

中世纪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

medieval
570 millions of speakers

English

medieval
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मध्ययुगीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العصور الوسطى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

средневековый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

medieval
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মধ্যযুগীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

médiéval
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Zaman pertengahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mittelalterlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中世の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중세
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Abad tengah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thời trung cổ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இடைக்கால
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मध्ययुगीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ortaçağ
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

medievale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

średniowieczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

середньовічний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

medieval
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

μεσαιωνική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Middeleeuse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

medeltida
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

middelalderske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of medieval

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEDIEVAL»

The term «medieval» is very widely used and occupies the 9.613 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEDIEVAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about medieval

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10 QUOTES WITH «MEDIEVAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word medieval.
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Martin Amis
Like fundamentalist Judaism and medieval Christianity, Islam is totalist. That is to say, it makes a total claim on the individual.
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R. W. Apple, Jr.
Maimed but still magnificent... Europe's mightiest medieval cathedral.
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Irving Babbitt
The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope.
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Sushmita Banerjee
I was traumatised in the medieval Afghan society at Sarana village by the local boys of Omar's Taliban who forced my in-laws to subjugate me for trying to be different. There can be Omars in other religions, too, who oppress women.
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Conrad Black
The American legal industry is a medieval guild in which the prosecutors, bar, and bench join hands to ensure that legal invoices are paid, no matter how excessive.
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Jonathan Carroll
Krakow is one of my favorite places on earth. It is a medieval city full of young people. A wonderful, striking combination.
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Oleg Cassini
I was brought up in Florence, a beautiful medieval town whose rhythm is completely in antiquity.
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Adrienne Clarkson
Our horizon is the creation of a noble society to which, like the medieval builder of those glorious cathedrals, you will have added your conception, your artful piece of stone.
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James Cosmo
I've come off horses and fought in medieval battles using axes, hammers and swords as well as fists. Getting your teeth knocked out is an occupational hazard.
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Hugh Dancy
But no, I don't think I'm particularly drawn to the period roles or the medieval roles.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEDIEVAL»

Discover the use of medieval in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to medieval and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Medieval Book
Originally published by Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 1988.
Barbara A. Shailor, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 1991
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Nine Medieval Latin Plays
Nine outstanding plays composed during the period of the finest flowering of medieval Latin drama.
Peter Dronke, 2008
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Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia
With full-page maps and supplementary photos, this encyclopedia covers every aspect of Scandinavia during the Middle Ages, including rulers and saints, overviews of the countries, religion, education, politics and law, culture and material ...
Phillip Pulsiano, Kirsten Wolf, 1993
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Medieval Furniture: Plans and Instructions for Historical ...
14 projects based on medieval designs Color photos of the original pieces Following the success of Constructing Medieval Furniture (0-8117-2795-5), this new book offers 14 more designs for historic pieces from the Middle Ages-a game board, ...
Daniel Diehl, Mark Donnelly, 1999
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Magic in Medieval Manuscripts
"Magic in Medieval Manuscripts" explores the place of magic in the medieval world and the contradictory responses it evoked, through an exploration of images and texts in British Library manuscripts.
Sophie Page, 2004
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Medieval Tales and Stories: 108 Prose Narratives of the ...
Wide-ranging stories offer glimpse into witchcraft, magic, Crusaders, astrology, alchemy, pacts with the Devil, chivalry, trial by torture, church councils, mercantile life, other elements of Middle Ages.
Stanley Appelbaum, 2000
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Readings in Medieval History: The Early Middle Ages
"Geary's careful and wise selection of texts in his reader provides the best balance between range and depth necessary for a successful source book." - Nicholas Everett, University of Toronto
Patrick J. Geary, 2010
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Medieval Medicine: A Reader
In this collection of over 100 primary sources, many translated for the first time, Faith Wallis reveals the dynamic world of medicine in the Middle Ages that has been largely unavailable to students and scholars.
Faith Wallis, 2010
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Medieval Families: Perspectives on Marriage, Household, and ...
The collection reveals how scholars of the 1970s through the 1990s argued the importance of previously unconsidered questions about the shape of medieval familial experience, and how their mutual information and criticism has refined and ...
Carol Neel, Medieval Academy of America, 2004
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Medieval Clothing and Costumes: Displaying Wealth and Class ...
Examines the role of clothing in medieval society and discusses trends in clothing styles and the characteristic dress of different classes of people.
Margaret Scott, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEDIEVAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term medieval is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Brief History Of Side-Eye In Medieval Art
A Brief History Of Side-Eye In Medieval Art. Because the 13th century can't even. Headshot of Katherine Brooks. Katherine Brooks Senior Arts ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Attack of the medieval tomatoes
A chara,– I enjoyed the account of the 800-year-old palace under Kevin Street Garda station in Dublin (“Faded station masks medieval ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
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Telford man gets 21 years for 'medieval torture' of former partners
A Telford man has been jailed for 21 years he left two former partners permanently scarred in a campaign of violence described as "amounting ... «shropshirestar.com, Jul 15»
4
Watch men bash each other with medieval weapons in 'Game of …
One effect of HBO's wildly popular "Game of Thrones" is a rise in the popularity in medieval combat. Take for example the clip above, showing ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»
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Medieval Sighisoara Festival, 23th-26th of July 2015
In a first in the history of the Sighisoara Medieval Festival, 23th-26th of July 2015, the program of the 23rd edition of the event will be ... «ACTmedia, Jul 15»
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Medieval Festival – Kenilworth Castle
There was also the opportunity to try some authentic food and drink and get a flavour of a bustling medieval marketplace. Jesters were on hand ... «Leamington Observer, Jul 15»
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Medieval artwork saved from the Nazis on show in Berlin
'The Fortunate Collector: Masterpieces from the Marks-Thomée Collection', a comprehensive selection of Medieval artworks from across ... «euronews, Jul 15»
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Brit Book Deal of the Week: Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
Was medieval England full of knights on horseback rescuing fainting damsels in distress? Were the Middle Ages mired in superstition and ... «Anglotopia.net, Jul 15»
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'Grand Ages: Medieval' Coming to PS4 on Sept. 25
"Grand Ages: Medieval" is coming the Sony PlayStation 4 console on September 25. The real-time strategy game, developed by Gaming Minds ... «Christian Post, Jul 15»
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Nothing says 'fun weekend' like a medieval castle siege
If you want to capture the flavor of a medieval castle siege, check out July 25 and 26 annual Pope Young Shoot sponsored by the Traditional ... «Statesman Journal, Jul 15»

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