(a.) Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers, drama, literature.
(n.) One who lived in England in the time of Queen Elizabeth.
Example Sentences:
(1) My older sister had the improving Young Elizabethan magazine, with earnest articles on Edmund Hillary climbing Mount Everest.
(2) Among the buyers was England striker Michael Owen, who spent £1.6m on the Elizabethan Grade II-listed Lower Soughton Hall in North Wales.
(3) The chapter on the Tudors and the Stuarts requires readers understand "how and why religion changed during this period; the importance of poetry and drama in the Elizabethan period; the involvement of Britain in Ireland; the development of parliament and the only period in history when England was a republic; why there was a restoration of the monarchy; how the Glorious Revolution happened."
(4) Fleas were placed on cats that were declawed, fitted with Elizabethan collars and housed in specially designed metabolic cages.
(5) Beams, exposed brick, lots of dark wood – everything you might expect in an Elizabethan inn – plus some things you wouldn't.
(6) Two quotations from Elizabethan playwrights are relevant to the theme of this paper: 'Beware you do not conjure up a spirit you cannot lay' Ben Johnson, The New Inn (Act III, Scene ii) 'Farewell the tranquil mind: farewell content.'
(7) In 1968, Roger Deakin bought the ruined remains of an Elizabethan house, and 12 acres of surrounding meadow, on the edge of Mellis Common in Suffolk.
(8) The first, in the grounds of one of Britain's greatest Elizabethan mansions, gave him a sense of history and the power of wealth.
(9) From the ex-bishop to the chief executive of Mumsnet, from the TaxPayers' Alliance to Amnesty International, from the joint select committee on human rights, through the … well, all the relevant committees, they rose as one, channelling the outrage of Joan of Arc through the baffled derision of (Elizabethan era) Blackadder .
(10) But then, few would have once thought giant Elizabethan ballgowns and hot-pink hair were what a female hip-hop artist should wear, yet I have seen Nicki Minaj doing precisely that, so fashion codes are a flexible affair in the crazy hazy world of hip-hop.
(11) It might be tricky to limit your time at this Elizabethan mansion, with its parkland sculpture trails, wonderful herbaceous borders and a prize-winning produce garden.
(12) The patron saint of the British Industrial Revolution was Francis Bacon, the great Elizabethan philosopher and crusading apostle for science.
(13) 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.
(14) Those of us who are nearly her age can remember the Queen’s ascension to the throne and the cheerful delight with which people talked of the “New Elizabethan age”.
(15) Elizabethan tapestry map to be displayed at University of Oxford's Bodleian library Read more The musical angel was once part of a cope – a ceremonial priestly cloak – which became an altar cloth for the small parish church of Steeple Aston in Oxfordshire.
(16) It’s an architectural mix-up of Elizabethan, Jacobean and William & Mary.
(17) We may also be out of the EU and, if so, Scotland will be gone too, the Queen’s realm diminished physically, morally, socially and culturally from those Young Elizabethan ideals.
(18) His Elizabethan comedy Sweet William (2005) for Rutter was a tremendous knees-up set in the Boar's Head, following "wee Willy Shaggers of Stratford town".
(19) Elizabethan English changed and became immensely rich by borrowing from other languages and by inventing words continuously.
(20) The former Elizabethan history doctoral student speaks about Europe with an enthusiasm rarely heard on the Tory benches.
Undertaker
Definition:
(n.) One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or business.
(n.) One who stipulates or covenants to perform any work for another; a contractor.
(n.) Specifically, one who takes the charge and management of funerals.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, as the same task confronts the Lib Dems, do we not now have a priceless opportunity to bring the two parties together to undertake a fundamental rethink of the way social democratic principles and policies can be made relevant to modern society.
(2) But earlier this year the Unesco world heritage committee called for the cancellation of all such Virunga oil permits and appealed to two concession holders, Total and Soco International, not to undertake exploration in world heritage sites.
(3) Without that, and without undertaking big changes, the service's future may fall into doubt, he says.
(4) The performance of the instrument was evaluated by undertaking in vitro measurements of the reflectance spectra of blood.
(5) This work undertakes the study of changes in urinary, plasmatic and tissue levels of Thromboxane B2 (TXB2) as well as in tissue Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) after pancreas transplantation and the effect of superoxide dismutase (SOD) on these changes.
(6) The surgeon must have an exact idea of this canal before undertaking operation for plastics of the hernial defect.
(7) So far, there is little sign of similar hubris at the Human Brain Project, a far more complex undertaking, but perhaps for the moment Markram's ambition is precisely what is needed.
(8) This report describes how the difficulties were surmounted, and how the National Technical Centre then proceeded to undertake activities to extend awareness of the ICIDH.
(9) Since the regime was introduced, we have been undertaking work to ensure that senior manager responsibilities are properly allocated and understood in firms.
(10) The questions facing nursing now are not whether nurses should undertake this role, but how well do they provide information?
(11) The prison suicide rate, at 120 deaths per 100,000 people, is about 10 times higher than the rate in the general population.” The report calls for a recently revised incentives and earned privileges regime to be scrapped and for an undertaking that prisoners with mental health problems or at known risk of suicide should never be placed in solitary.
(12) Additional reconstruction of the "donor" limb arteries and dilatation of the iliac artery improve circulation in the "donor limb", which makes it possible to undertake cross femoral-femoral shunting in patients with a high risk of aorto-femoral reconstruction in atherosclerotic affection of the "donor" limb.
(13) They were charged with undertaking acts in preparation or planning for a terrorist act.
(14) Despite the fact that this approach has several caveats, consistent results obtained in short-term studies would more readily justify the undertaking of a large-scale, long-term controlled study using colon cancer or adenomatous polyp recurrence as an endpoint.
(15) The chance discovery of an oesophageal localisation of Crohn's disease led the authors to undertake routine study of the oesophagus in their last 18 patients suffering from the disorder.
(16) Pedro is due in London on Wednesday to undertake a medical and discuss personal terms, with United having withdrawn their interest.
(17) Maybe this will be increasing the frequency of patrols, or going to places that the Obama administration has been hesitant to go – such as actually undertaking a non-innocent passage military patrols within 12 miles of an artificial island.
(18) He held out a hand to North Korea again, calling for it to denuclearise; and to Burma, if it undertakes democratic reform and frees political prisoners, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
(19) The judge noted the “seriousness of these offences and impact on road traffic, particularly given the number of fines previously issued against BT by TfL for similar offences.” Firms undertaking work anywhere in London need a permit before digging up the roads, allowing highway authorities to coordinate work to minimise disruption.
(20) Prior to undertaking the exploration of phenomena in a research study with people from different cultures, certain elements must be addressed in order to bridge cultural and linguistic differences.