floruit

American  

[floh-roo-it, flawr-yoo-it, flohr-, flor-] / ˈfloʊ ru ɪt, ˈflɔr yu ɪt, ˈfloʊr-, ˈflɒr- /

noun

Latin.

1. he (or she) flourished: used to indicate the period during which a person flourished, especially when the exact birth and death dates are unknown. fl., flor.

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floruit British  

/ ˈflɒruːɪt /

verb

1. Abbreviation: fl..   flor..  (he or she) flourished: used to indicate the period when a historical figure, whose birth and death dates are unknown, was most active

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Example Sentences

Pene haec millenos ecclesia floruit annos, Duret ad extremum nobilis usque diem, Daque deus longum, ut floreat hae sacra aedes Et celebret nomen plebs ibi sancta tuum.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Clifton, A. B.

Buddhism's floruit is from 500 B.C. to 500 A.D., and epic Hinduism covers nearly the same centuries.

From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Hopkins, Edward Washburn

Jam inde non belli gloria quam humanitatis cultu inter florentissimas orbis Christiani gentes imprimis floruit.

From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert

"Hoc vivente, locus Dervensis floruit, isto Sublato, marcet nominis hujus odor."

From Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850 by Various

Emporiis illis Pomerani� clarissimis Wineta et Julin pessum euntibus, Visbya inter omnia Regionum oppida floruit.

From Notes and Queries, Number 57, November 30, 1850 by Various