middle ages
/ˌmɪdl̩ ˈeɪdʒɪz/
middle ages is the alternative letter-case form of Middle Ages.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Middle Ages
the Middle Ages
- The period of primarily European history between the decline of the Western Roman Empire (antiquity) and the early modern period or the Renaissance; the time between c. 500 and 1500 CE.
- The Geography of the middle Ages, ſays Mr. Juncker, ought to begin with the Diviſion of the Roman Empire made by Theodoſius the Great, about the End of the fourth Century, and muſt not reach farther than the Time of the Emperor Maximilian I. who divided Germany into Circles in the beginning of the...1722, Memoirs of Literature, second edition, volume VI, London: Robert Knaplock · Paul Vaillant, article xxxix. Leipsick., page 296
- Middle Age denotes the ſpace of time commencing from Conſtantine, and ending at the taking of Conſtantinople by the Turks, in the fifteenth century. Martin. Dial. Geogr. in Pref. Mem. de Trev. an. 1729. p. 1359. See alſo Bibl. Univ. T. 12. p. 393. ſeq.1753, Ephraim Chambers, edited by George Lewis Scott and John Hill, A Supplement to Mr. Chambers’s Cyclopædia; or, Univerſal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences., volume I, London: several publishers...
- Synonyms:
- Barbarous Age, Dark Ages
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Middle ages
the Middle ages
- Alternative letter-case form of Middle Ages.
Proper noun (3) capitalized: middle Ages
the middle Ages
- Alternative letter-case form of Middle Ages.
Synonyms of middle ages
Forms of middle ages
| alternative form | Middle Age |
|---|---|
| alternative form | middle Age |
| alternative form | middle age |
| alternative form | Middle ages |
| alternative form | middle Ages |
| alternative form | middle ages |
| alternative abbreviation | Mid. Ages |
Words formed from middle ages
Questions about middle ages
- What does middle ages mean?
- Middle ages means the period of primarily European history between the decline of the Western Roman Empire (antiquity) and the early modern period or the Renaissance; the time between c. 500 and 1500 CE.
- What is middle ages the alternative letter-case form of?
- Middle ages is the alternative letter-case form of Middle Ages.
- What part of speech is middle ages?
- Middle ages is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce middle ages?
- Middle ages is pronounced /ˌmɪdl̩ ˈeɪdʒɪz/ (UK).
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