• Mediævaldom

    Pronunciation

    • RP enPR: mÄ•dĭēʹvÉ™ldÉ™m, IPA: en, /mÉ›dɪˈiːvÉ™ldÉ™m/, /miːdɪˈiːvÉ™ldÉ™m/

    Full definition of mediævaldom

    Noun

    mediævaldom

    (uncountable)
    1. (archaic or archaize, archaizing) Alternative form of en
      • 1914, McBride’s Magazine (J.B. Lippincott and co.), volume 94, part 2, page 252:The third Italy has discarded the outworn garments of mediævaldom and has woven herself new garments of new fabrics fit for the use of as lively and stimulating a nation as any the world has ever known.
      • 1934, Ronald Bradbury, The Romantic Theories of Architecture of the Nineteenth Century, in Germany, England and France (The Dorothy Press), page 87:Only when the piety and public spirit of mediaevaldom were re-established could a true Christian architecture once more arise.
      • 1934, Ian Campbell Hannah, Story of Scotland in Stone (Oliver and Boyd), page 209:The stronghold forms one of the most romantic and impressive architectural compositions not merely of Scotland but of all mediævaldom.
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