ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Medievalism

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Medievalism is a noun meaning The state of being medieval.

Meaning

The state of being medieval.

More Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The study of the Middle Ages.
  2. A custom or belief from the Middle Ages.

Example Sentences

It is striking, and quite in character with the man, that he [Sir Walter Scott], who had popularised a romantic notion of the Middle Ages, should be a convinced supporter of the railway, which was effectively to destroy the few traces of medievalism that had survived into the society of his time.

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Related dictionary entries include medievality, medievalness, medievaldom, metaphysicality, metaphysicalness, monkishness.

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