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medievalisms

medievalisms is the plural of medievalism.

Meaning of medievalism

Noun

medievalism (countable and uncountable, plural medievalisms)

  1. The state of being medieval.
    • 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.1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 90
  2. (uncountable) The study of the Middle Ages.
  3. A custom or belief from the Middle Ages.

Questions about medievalisms

What is medievalisms the plural of?
Medievalisms is the plural of medievalism.

Words near medievalisms in the dictionary

  1. medievalised
  2. medievalises
  3. medievalish
  4. medievalising
  5. medievalism
  6. medievalisms
  7. medievalist
  8. medievalistic
  9. medievalistics
  10. medievalists
  11. medievality

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