Elizabethan
/əˌlɪzəˈbiθ(ə)n/ adjective C2- Pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland, from 1558 to 1603.
- Often preceded by new or second: pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom, from 1952 to 2022.
- Pertaining to the reign of Empress Elizabeth of Russia, from 1741 to 1762.
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I should judge it was of all sorts of ages and styles, starting on a half-timbered Elizabethan foundation and ending in a Victorian portico.
A dim line of ancestors, in every variety of dress, from the Elizabethan knight to the buck of the Regency, stared down upon us and daunted us by their silent company.
This profound disappointment ignited a passionate, decades-long campaign to reconstruct the iconic playhouse exactly as it had appeared during the Elizabethan era.
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