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

Over the centuries, others built on this foundation, including Thomas Aquinas during the High Middle Ages. — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026

Old English was a precursor to modern English and was spoken in England during the early Middle Ages. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 18 May 2026

Rather than being hunched over their game consoles, these guys were reenacting a legend that—according to Liane—dates back to the early Middle Ages, featuring a Catholic maiden called Mata and a Muslim prince called Grifone. — Lee Marshall, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 May 2026

Barnes and Imam had been trading ideas with a scholar named Andrew Willard Jones, whose work focussed on the model of Christendom found in, say, High Middle Ages France, where society was organized around its relationship with the Church. — Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026

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