Mediaevalism

Mediaevalism
Mediaevalism Me`di*[ae]"val*ism (m[=e]`d[i^]*[=e]"val*[i^]z'm), n. The method or spirit of the Middle Ages; devotion to the institutions and practices of the Middle Ages; a survival from the Middle Ages. [Written also {medievalism}.] [1913 Webster]

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