Middle Ages

plural noun

: the period of European history from about a.d. 500 to about 1500

Examples of Middle Ages in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The city goes car-free for five days, allowing travelers, merchants, carriages, and knights to bring the Middle Ages back to life. —Carissa & Dino Tozzi, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2025

Valentino's first couture show by Alessandro Michele offered voluminous dresses... ... and nods to Ancien Régime, the social and political order that existed in France from the late Middle Ages until the French Revolution. —Alice Pfeiffer, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025

From the Middle Ages through the eighteenth century, however, another plant played an equally important role in the holiday lineup. —Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024

The black plague killed about 25 million people in Europe during Middle Ages — and currently affects about five to 15 people each year in the U.S. Symptoms include swollen lymph nodes in the groin, armpits, or neck; high fever; chills, and muscle cramps. —Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024

Lantos’ production Rise of the Raven, a massive, Middle Ages–set 10-hour series, shot entirely in the country despite the story taking place everywhere from Serbia to Turkey. —Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024

The researchers said it was commonly used by infantrymen during that period, the late Middle Ages to the Early Renaissance, and may have been used by troops on a ship. —Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024

But recent research pushes back against the depiction of the early Middle Ages as ignorant and superstitious, arguing that there is a consistency and rationality to healing practices at that time. —Meg Leja, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2023

The Cheerios are a modern twist, but since the Middle Ages Jews have been flinging breadcrumbs, scraps of paper or prayers into water on Rosh Hashanah, or the Jewish new year. —Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1616, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Middle Ages

• disengages
• macrophages
• bacteriophages
• cages
• gages
• gauges
• mages
• pages
• phages
• sages
• stages
• wages

Kids Definition

Middle Ages

plural noun

: the period of European history from about a.d. 500 to about 1500