medieval Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
    mediaeval.
    • Medieval scholars
    • Medieval times
  2. adjective satellite as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened
    gothic; mediaeval.
    • a medieval attitude toward dating
  3. adjective satellite characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages
    knightly; chivalric.
    • chivalric rites
    • the knightly years

WordNet

Me`di*e"val, Me`di*e"val*ism, Me`di*e"val*ist (Also<
  • Medieval
  • Medievalism
  • Medievalist
)
Definitions
  1. Same as Medival, Medivalism, etc.

Webster 1913