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medieval

adjective as in having to do with the middle ages; old

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Even more consequential was the trust that the Barbers placed in Marshall Stearns, who had an academic pedigree in medieval literature and a subsuming interest in the ethnomusicology of jazz.

But I’d be more thankful if the good doctor got fired and went back to his medieval medical malpractice.

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Over the centuries, gravy shed its sweeter, almond-thickened medieval robes and settled into something recognizably savory, though still wonderfully elastic.

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This idealized view is also far more sympathetic than modern perceptions of other medieval events, including the Crusades, which are now linked with coercion and brutality.

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What sounds like the storyline of a medieval palace drama often plays out in real-life honey bee colonies.

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