medievalism
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (dated) mediaevalism
Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]medievalism (countable and uncountable, plural medievalisms)
- The state of being medieval.
- 1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 90:
- 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.
- (uncountable) The study of the Middle Ages.
- A custom or belief from the Middle Ages.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]the study of the Middle Ages
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Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]medievalism n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | medievalism | medievalismul | medievalisme | medievalismele | |
| genitive-dative | medievalism | medievalismului | medievalisme | medievalismelor | |
| vocative | medievalismule | medievalismelor | |||