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mediævalism, medievalism|mɛdɪ-, miːdɪˈiːvəlɪz(ə)m|
[f. prec. + -ism.]
The system of belief and practice characteristic of the Middle Ages; mediæval thought, religion, art, etc.; the adoption of or devotion to mediæval ideals or usages; occas. an instance of this.
1853Ruskin Lect. Archit. iv. (1854) 194 You have, then, the three periods: Classicalism, extending to the fall of the Roman empire; Mediævalism, extending from that fall to the close of the 15th century; and Modernism. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets ix. 301 Renan regards the ‘sentiment of the infinite’ as the chief legacy of mediaevalism to modern civilization. 188619th Cent. May 665 It is a pity to have our language interlarded with Orientalisms and Mediævalisms. 1890Stubbs Primary Charge, Oxford 55, I am sick of hearing about sacerdotalism and mediævalism from men who scarcely know how to spell the words. |