What is the meaning of medieval?

adjective

  • Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages.
    • usage: "Medieval scholars"; "Medieval times"
  • As if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened.
    • usage: "a medieval attitude toward dating"
  • Characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages.
    • usage: "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"
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