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medieval, mediaeval (adjective); more medieval, most medieval; more mediaeval, most mediaeval
1. Of or relating to a period of time intervening between (periods designated as) ancient and modern: In Marburg, Germany, there is a medieval castle that is worthwhile visiting!

In history, the medieval times were in the Middle Ages. There were medieval scholars, art, and religion at the time of te Middle Ages.
2. Descriptive of something as if it belonged to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned; obsolete: Sharon's parents certainly had a medieval attitude towards her dating a boy because they always wanted to go along with them!

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(Latin: Medieval Latin amalgama, perhaps from malagma, "poultice" or "plaster")
(Latin > Medieval Latin > French: growing together, merging, combining, uniting)
(Greek > Medieval Latin [c.700-c.1500]: head, skull)
(Latin: from Medieval Latin sciatica, in sciatica passio, "sciatic disease", from feminine of sciaticus, "sciatic"; from Latin ischiadicus, "of pain in the hip"; from Greek iskhiadikos, iskhias, iskhiados, "pain in the hips"; from iskhion, "hip joint".)
(Latin: Chinese, from Medieval Latin Sinicus, "Chinese", from Sina, "China", from Late Latin Sinae, "the Chinese"; Sino-, "Chinese people, language, etc.")
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medieval tournament (s) (noun), medieval tournaments (pl)
A mock battle or fight between two groups or two mounted knights (jousting): Neal read a history book about the 10th century that described a medieval tournament whereby two armoured knights on horses came together in a charge. This was also termed a mêlée, hastilude, tourney, or tournoi.
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medieval
A reference to the Middle Ages or the period in European history between antiquity and the Italian Renaissance, often considered to be between the end of the Roman Empire in the 5th century and the early 15th century (from about 500 A.D. to about 1350 A.D.)

It is sometimes restricted to the later part of this period (after 1100 A.D.) and sometimes extended to 1450 A.D or 1500 A.D.