Elizabethan
adjective
of or relating to the reign of Elizabeth I, queen of England, or to her times.
post-Elizabethan
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a word derived from
Elizabethan.
Example Sentences
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“We’re always really trying to get to the musicality of the language and the rhythms — to in some ways invoke the verse of Elizabethan and post-Elizabethan texts,” he said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2018
A history play about history yet to be made, Bartlett’s script imagines a post-Elizabethan world in which the accession of Prince Charles thrusts the UK into social and political chaos.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2015
This was not simply a wedding but the clearest indication yet of how the House of Windsor is positioning itself for the post-Elizabethan age.
From Time ● Apr. 29, 2011
In the post-Elizabethan years he finally gave up the bottle, did a few good plays and movies, notably Equus, and many bad ones, such as The Klansman and The Wild Geese.
From Time Magazine Archive
