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mediaeval

adj. relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages; "Medieval scholars"; "Medieval times"

gothic, mediaeval

adj. as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating"

knightly, mediaeval, chivalric

adj. characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"

antebellum

adj. belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War

stick-in-the-mud, stodgy, fogyish, mossgrown, mossy

adj. (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned; "moss-grown ideas about family life"

old-fashioned, outmoded

adj. out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"

quaint, old-time

adj. attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"

old-world

adj. characteristic of former times especially in Europe; "an old-world cottage"

unmodernized

adj. not brought up to date

Victorian

adj. typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria

ago, agone

adj. gone by; or in the past; "two years ago"; "`agone' is an archaic word for `ago'"

ancient

adj. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians"; "ancient Greece"

departed, bygone, gone, bypast, foregone

adj. well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era"

earlier

adj. (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"

other, early, former

adj. of the distant past: "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"

former, erstwhile, once, onetime, quondam, sometime

adj. belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"

ex

adj. (combining form) former: "an ex-president"

previous, former

adj. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House"

historic, historical

adj. belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character"

last

adj. immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"

old

adj. belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"

olden

adj. long past; "olden days"

other

adj. recently past; "the other evening"

prehistoric, prehistorical

adj. belonging to or existing in times before recorded history; "prehistoric settlements"; "prehistoric peoples"

then

adj. at a specific prior time; "the then president"

ultimo, ult

adj. in or of the month preceding the present one; "your letter received on the 29th ult"

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