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Definition of
medieval adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
medieval
adjective
(
also
mediaeval
)
adjective
NAmE
/
/
ˌmidiˈivl
/
/
,
NAmE
/
/
ˌmɛdiˈivl
/
/
,
NAmE
/
/
ˌmɪdˈivl
/
/
[
usually before noun
]
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connected with the Middle Ages (about AD 1000 to AD 1450)
medieval architecture/castles/manuscripts
the literature of the late medieval period
See
medieval
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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