the Middle Ages

noun

: the period of European history from about A.D. 500 to about 1500

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Initially, in the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church rejected the pagan festivals. Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025 Only approximately 50 cases of congenital hypertrichosis — since someone's birth — have been documented since the Middle Ages, Guinness World Records officials said. Sam Gillette, People.com, 10 Mar. 2025 During the Middle Ages, people believed that the touch of a king could cure a person from this form of TB through miraculous intervention. Karen Dobos, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025 Prior to the great Arabic mathematicians of the Middle Ages, there were no such things as negative numbers. Lynette Rice, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Middle Ages

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