pre-Elizabethan

[ pree-i-liz-uh-bee-thuhn, -beth-uhn ]

adjective

(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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How to use pre-Elizabethan in a sentence

Judging from the pre-Elizabethan literature, who would have expected the brilliancy of the Elizabethan period?
Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic | Sidney L. Gulick
A pre-Elizabethan dietetic millennium is a retrospective mirage.
Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England | Richard Valpy French
Authoritative for the pre-Elizabethan drama, with valuable bibliography and appendices.
The Facts About Shakespeare | William Allan Nielson

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