From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Historymedievalmed‧i‧e‧val, mediaeval /ˌmediˈiːvəl◂ $ ˌmiː-/ ●●○W3 adjective1SHconnected with the Middle Ages (=the period between about 1100 and 1500 AD)
These spices were first brought to Italy from the East in medieval times.
a medieval castle2OLD/NOT NEWvery old or old-fashioned – used in a humorous or disapproving way
The plumbing in this house is positively medieval!Examples from the Corpusmedieval• Civil rights groups complained that the law was "racist and medieval."• The plumbing in this house is medieval!• This so-calledaccounting system is positively medieval.• medieval art• medievalEurope• You can have a medievalgothicmonstrosity in the middle of your otherwise pleasanttownscape.• The medieval judges served the Church and the king and were the instruments by which the people were dominated.• Feministscholarspopularized the writings of medievalmystics such as Julian of Norwich and Hildegard of Bingen.• In a medieval sense, the toiletyearns to keep itself full by means of this automatic plumbing.• It now seems probable that there were more churches in late Saxon and early medieval times than was formerly thought.• The Renaissancedestroys the medievalunity of vision.• To look up at the toweringmedievaluniverse is much more like looking at a great building.Originmedieval(1800-1900)Modern Latinmedium aevum“middle age”
