pre-Elizabethan

American  

[pree-i-liz-uh-bee-thuhn, -beth-uhn] / ˌpri ɪˌlɪz əˈbi θən, -ˈbɛθ ən /

adjective

1. (of English culture, history, traditions, etc.) before the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; before the second half of the 16th century.

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pre-Elizabethan

The play springs from the earliest roots of pre-Elizabethan drama.

From Time Magazine Archive

When British Garage Owner Arthur Lindley surveyed the creaking, pre-Elizabethan cottage he owns next door to his gasoline station at Piccott's End near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, he saw a depressing sight.

From Time Magazine Archive

Judging from the pre-Elizabethan literature, who would have expected the brilliancy of the Elizabethan period?

From Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic by Sidney Lewis Gulick

One of our old pre-Elizabethan writers has put it in classic form in English:— The falling out of faithful friends is the renewing of love.

From Friendship by Hugh Black

Authoritative for the pre-Elizabethan drama, with valuable bibliography and appendices.

From The Facts About Shakespeare by William Allan Nielson