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Mediaeval


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or relating to the Middle Ages; as, mediaeval architecture.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The first, or maybe, occurrence of the word "melancholia" is found in a French mediaeval book "Knight Yvain" (12th century).
  • (2) The purpose of this paper is to present a Mediaeval skeleton of an approximately 16 year old boy, which was excavated at a Danish cemetery containing ca.
  • (3) Dental caries prevalence, distribution and site of attack were in broad agreement with previous reports for Mediaeval Scots, namely that caries was principally a disease of adult life and showed a different location distribution from that of modern caries.
  • (4) A group of 19 adult skulls from mediaeval Poland were chosen for this study.
  • (5) Now she goes to karate with Franklin, "a long-haired boy, who's obsessed with mediaeval weaponry and all that kind of stuff," and shares the parenting responsibilities equally with Vee.
  • (6) Henricues Regius (1598--1679), professor at the University of Utrecht was the first physician who accepted the physiology of the philosopher Descartes (1596--1750) that he exposed in Fundamenta physices (1646) and in Fundamenta Medicinae (1647) but in Praxis Medica (1657) his therapy of the "odontalgia" is still mediaeval according to the principles of Galen.
  • (7) Dental caries prevalence, distribution, and site of attack was investigated in a Scottish Mediaeval population.
  • (8) The rich archival sources of mediaeval Vaudois institutions make it possible to study a great variety of health problems of that country.
  • (9) In an article in an earlier edition of the Journal of Medical Ethics (1) Dr Iglesias bases her analysis upon the mediaeval interpretation of Platonic metaphysics and Aristotelian logic as given by Aquinas.
  • (10) He added: “Islamic State has a simple but deadly message, submit or die; to most, a mediaeval fantasy, but rational enough to many Muslims based on their scriptures.” The remarks followed a television interview on Tuesday and a newspaper column on Wednesday in which Abbott called for a reformation within Islam and argued that not all cultures were equal.
  • (11) For better understanding of this rather casuistic contribution to the medicine of the High Middle Ages some principles of mediaeval medicine are explained.
  • (12) We present the results of a study on a small number of bones from a mediaeval and a 17th-century cemetery in Abingdon showing the relation between gross preservation, microscopic preservation and DNA recovery.
  • (13) A paper published last week by the Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (Cresc) compares the City to a mediaeval Italian city-state – an economy within the economy.
  • (14) Islamic State has a simple but deadly message, submit or die; to most, a mediaeval fantasy, but rational enough to many Muslims based on their scriptures,” Abbott said.
  • (15) Some of the best classical music of recent decades has come from the "authentic" or "historically informed" movement: through conductors such as Sir John Eliot Gardiner, who employ original instruments and locations in baroque music, and using counter-tenors to sing castrati parts in mediaeval church compositions.
  • (16) Extracts of bone from the English Civil War (A.D. 1644), Mediaeval (A.D. 1100-1400), Early Saxon (A.D. 450-600), Roman (A.D. 100-200), Iron Age (ca 400 B.C.)

Ventail


Definition:

  • (n.) That part of a helmet which is intended for the admission of air, -- sometimes in the visor.

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