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===Etymology===
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From {{suffix|en|Elizabeth|an|pos2={{glossary|suffix}} meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming {{glossary|adjective}}s; and forming {{glossary|agent noun}}s}},<ref>{{R:OED Online|pos=adj.'' and ''n|id=60504|date=September 2022|nodot=1}}; {{R:Lexico|pos=adj.'' and ''n.}}</ref> referring to {{w|Elizabeth I}} (1533–1603) and {{w|Elizabeth II}} (1926–2022).▼
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|image1 = Elizabeth I (Armada Portrait).jpg
|caption1 = One of the [[w:Armada Portrait|Armada Portraits]] (1588) of {{w|Elizabeth I}}, who [[reign#Verb|reigned]] from 1558 to 1603.
|image2 = Elizabeth II opens Welsh Parliament in 2021 (cropped 2).jpg
|caption2 = {{w|Elizabeth II}}, who reigned from 1952 to 2022, [[open#Verb|opening]] the ''[[w:Senedd|Senedd Cymru]]'' or [[Welsh#Adjective|Welsh]] [[parliament|Parliament]] on 14 October 2021.
|image3 = Carle Vanloo, Portrait de l’impératrice Élisabeth Petrovna (1760).jpg
|caption3 = {{w|Charles-André van Loo}}’s portrait of {{w|Elizabeth of Russia}}, who reigned from 1741 to 1762.
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▲From {{suffix|en|Elizabeth|an|pos2={{glossary|suffix}} meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming {{glossary|adjective}}s; and forming {{glossary|agent noun}}s}},<ref>{{R:OED Online|pos=adj.'' and ''n|id=60504|date=September 2022|nodot=1}}; {{R:Lexico|pos=adj.'' and ''n.}}</ref> referring to {{w|Elizabeth I}} (1533–1603) and, {{w|Elizabeth II}} (1926–2022), and {{w|Elizabeth of Russia}} (1709–1762).
 
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|RP}} {{IPA|en|/ɪˌlɪzəˈbiːθ(ə)n/|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Elizabethan.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{a|GA}} {{IPA|en|/əˌlɪzəˈbiθ(ə)n/|a=GA}}
* {{rhymes|en|iːθən|s=5}}
* {{hyphenation|en|Eliz|a|beth|an}}
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# Pertaining to the [[reign#Noun|reign]] of [[queen#Noun|Queen]] [[w:Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]] from 1558 to 1603, [[monarch]] of [[England]] and [[Ireland]], from 1558 to 1603.
#: {{synonyms|en|Elizabethian}}
#* {{RQ:Carlyle On Heroes|page=95|passage=This '''Elizabethan''' Era, and all its nobleness and blessedness, came without proclamation, preparation of ours. Priceless Shakspeare{{sic}} was the free gift of Nature; given altogether silently;—received altogether silently, as if it had been a thing of little account. And yet, very literally, it is a priceless thing.}}
#* {{RQ:Allingham China Governess|chapter=VIJustifiably Angry Young Man|page=93|passage={{...}} I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely '''Elizabethan''' uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because "it was wicked to dress us like charity children".}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|title=Doddington'sDoddington’s garden pyramid is a folly good show: The owners of a Lincolnshire stately home have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid &#91;[print edition: Great pyramid of Lincolnshire, 6 September 2014, p.page&nbsp;G2&#93;]|urlarchiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620200841/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardenstovisit/11074319/Doddingtons-garden-pyramid-is-a-folly-good-show.html|workarchivedate=20 June 2021|editor={{w:Jason Seiken|newspaper=w:The Daily Telegraph}}|location=London|publisher=w:Telegraph Media Group|date=7 September 2014|issn=0307-1235|oclc=635239717|passage=[T]he owners of Doddington Hall, in Lincolnshire, have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid in the grounds of the '''Elizabethan''' manor.}}
# ''Often preceded by'' '''[[new]]''' ''or'' '''[[second#Adjective|second]]''': pertaining to the reign of Queen {{w|Elizabeth II}} from 1952 to 2022, monarch of the [[United Kingdom]], from 1952 to 2022.
#* {{quote-web|en|author=Peter Webster|title=The New Elizabethan Age: Culture, Society and National Identity after World War II [book review]]|work=[[w:London School of Economics|LSE Review of Books]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226160837/https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/the-new-elizabethan-age-book-review/|archivedate=26 February 2022|date=19 February 2017|passage=Not everything that occurred in the early 1950s may usefully be dubbed ‘New '''Elizabethan'''’ without emptying the concept of its meaning. {{...}} [I]t becomes clear that British people in the 1950s looked all over for resources to fund their thinking and actions, including to Tudor revivals that were in fact much older, such as in music, and to several periods of the past that were not '''Elizabethan'''.}}▼
#* {{quote-journalweb|en|author=Pollyw:Elizabeth ToynbeeII|authorlinktitle=PollyChristmas ToynbeeBroadcast 1953|titlework=This[[w:Monarchy is a moment to markof the ElizabethanUnited era, and ask what Britain has becomeKingdom|editor={{w|KatharineBritish Viner}}|newspaper={{w|The Guardian}}Monarchy]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/2022082104253020220914084900/https://www.theguardianroyal.comuk/commentisfree/2021/apr/13/elizabethanchristmas-erabroadcast-britain-reign-tory-party1953|archivedate=2114 AugustSeptember 2022|locationdate=London25 December 1953|publisherpassage=[[w:GuardianSome Mediapeople Group|Guardianhave Newsexpressed &the Media]]|date=13hope Aprilthat 2021|issn=0261-3077|oclc=229952407|passage=Themy reign may mark a new '''Elizabethan''' age. isFrankly slowingI drawingdo tonot amyself close.feel Theat endall oflike [[w:Princemy Philip,great DukeTudor offorbear, Edinburgh|Prince{{...}} Philip]]'sBut long lifethere is aat dressleast rehearsalone forvery itssignificant finalresemblance curtain,between whenher theage countryand willmine. findFor itselfher reviewing what it has becomeKingdom, thesmall choicesthough it hasmay made.have {{...}}been Thereand ispoor justby timecomparison towith seeher offEuropean theneighbours, rottenwas partyyet thatgreat broughtin the country low,spirit and endwell the '''Elizabethan''' eraendowed with somemen ofwho thewere optimismready withto whichencompass itthe beganearth.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=w:Alexandra Petri|title=I loved the Elizabethan era so much I decided to live in it|newspaper=w:The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2015/09/09/i-loved-the-elizabethan-era-so-much-i-decided-to-live-in-it/|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[w:Graham Holdings Company|The Washington Post Company]]|date=9 September 2015|issn=0190-8286|oclc=638319713|passage=(The second '''Elizabethan''' era, that is. I’m not a maniac.)}}
▲#* {{quote-web|en|author=Peter Webster|title=The New Elizabethan Age: Culture, Society and National Identity after World War II [book review]]|work=[[w:London School of Economics|LSE Review of Books]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226160837/https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/the-new-elizabethan-age-book-review/|archivedate=26 February 2022|date=19 February 2017|passage=Not everything that occurred in the early 1950s may usefully be dubbed ‘New '''Elizabethan'''’ without emptying the concept of its meaning. {{...}} [I]t becomes clear that British people in the 1950s looked all over for resources to fund their thinking and actions, including to Tudor revivals that were in fact much older, such as in music, and to several periods of the past that were not '''Elizabethan'''.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=w:Polly Toynbee|title=This is a moment to mark the Elizabethan era, and ask what Britain has become|editor=w:Katharine Viner|newspaper=w:The Guardian|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821042530/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/13/elizabethan-era-britain-reign-tory-party|archivedate=21 August 2022|location=London|publisher=[[w:Guardian Media Group|Guardian News & Media]]|date=13 April 2021|issn=0261-3077|oclc=229952407|passage=The '''Elizabethan''' age is slowly drawing to a close. The end of [[w:Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]]'s long life is a dress rehearsal for its final curtain, when the country will find itself reviewing what it has become, the choices it has made. {{...}} There is just time to see off the rotten party that brought the country low, and end the '''Elizabethan''' era with some of the optimism with which it began.}}
#* {{quote-web|en|author=Laura Clancy|title=Queen Elizabeth II: The End of the ‘New Elizabethan Age’|editor=Jo Adetunji|work=[[w:The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908191922/https://theconversation.com/queen-elizabeth-ii-the-end-of-the-new-elizabethan-age-157897|archivedate=8 September 2022|date=8 September 2022|passage=[T]he austerity and restraint of the 1940s was giving way to a more prosperous 1950s. It is perhaps no wonder, then, that the Queen's succession was hailed as the "new '''Elizabethan''' age". {{...}} The Queen's death is bound to prompt Britain's reflection on its past, its present and its future. Time will tell what the reign of {{w|Charles III}} will look like, but one thing is for sure: the "new '''Elizabethan''' age" is long gone.}}
#* {{quote-web|en|author=w:Liz Truss|title=Prime Minister’s Statement on the Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II|work=w:Government of the United Kingdom|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908184519/https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/prime-ministers-statement-on-the-death-of-her-majesty-queen-elizabeth-ii|archivedate=8 September 2022|date=8 September 2022|passage=Today the Crown passes—as it is has done for more than a thousand years—to our new monarch, our new head of state: His Majesty King {{w|Charles III}}. {{...}} And with the passing of the second '''Elizabethan''' age, we usher in a new era in the magnificent history of our great country,—exactly as Her Majesty would have wished—by saying the words&nbsp;… God save the King.}}
# Pertaining to the reign of [[empress|Empress]] {{w|Elizabeth of Russia}}, from 1741 to 1762.
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Sidney Harcave|title=Russia: A History|location=Chicago, Ill.; Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.|publisher=[[w:J. B. Lippincott & Co.|J. B. Lippincott Company]]|year=1956|page=120|passage=In any case, his &#91;[[w:Peter III of Russia|Peter III]]’s&#93; action was a complete reversal of the '''Elizabethan''' policy, and his offer of unconditional peace eliminated Russia’s chance to secure concessions from Frederick.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Melvin C. Wren|title=The Course of Russian History|year=1963|page=295|passage=The extent of her &#91;{{w|Catherine the Great}}’s&#93; knowledge and her appetite for reading made her one of the best-read women in Europe and the most unusual and outstanding woman in '''Elizabethan''' Russia.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|tlr=Walter Gleason|title=The Political and Legal Writings of Denis Fonvizin|publisher=[[w:Ardis Publishing|Ardis Publishers]]|year=1985|page=203|isbn=0-88233-799-8|passage=When [[w:Moscow State University|Moscow University]] was initially opened in 1755, its “founder” was [[w:Ivan Shuvalov|I. I. Shuvalov]] (1727-1797), a prominent cultural figure in '''Elizabethan''' Russia and, with his brothers Peter and Alexander, the key political force at the court in the 1750’s.}}
 
====Derived terms====
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|[[Elizabethanise]], [[Elizabethanize]], [[elizabethanize]]
|Elizabethanism
|Elizabethanness
|Elizabethan sonnet
|Jacobethan
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====Translations====
{{trans-top|pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[伊麗莎白]][[時代]]的}}, {{t|cmn|[[伊丽莎白]][[时代]]的}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|alžbětinský}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|elizabethaans}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|Elizabeta}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|elisabetiaaninen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|élisabéthain|m}}, {{t+|fr|élisabéthaine|f}}▼
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▲* French: {{t+|fr|élisabéthain|m}}, {{t+|fr|élisabéthaine|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ελισαβετιανός}}
* Italian: {{t|it|elisabettiano}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|elżbietański}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|elisabetano}}, {{t+|pt|isabelino}}
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* Spanish: {{t|es|isabelino}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|elisabetansk}}
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{{trans-top|pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom}}▼
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{{en-noun}}
 
# A [[person#Noun|person]] (especially a [[writer]]) who [[live#Verb|lived]] during the [[reign#Noun|reign]] of [[queen#Noun|Queen]] {{w|Elizabeth I}} from 1558 to 1603, [[monarch]] of [[England]] and [[Ireland]], from 1558 to 1603.
#* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:A. L. Rowse|A[lfred] L[eslie] Rowse]]|chapter=Drake’s Voyage|title=The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, 1628 and The Relation of a Wonderfull Voiage by William Cornelison Schouten, 1619{{nb...|Historical Introductions by A. L. Rowse and Bibliographical Notes by Robert O. Dougan, Librarian of The Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California}}|location=Cleveland, Oh.|publisher=w:World Publishing Company|year=1966|page=13|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=BDwFAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PT45|oclc=1086789105|passage=Here too [[w:Francis Drake|[Francis] Drake]] had luck: he took advantage of the [[w:Babullah of Ternate|Sultan of Ternate]]'s war with the Portuguese garrison upon Tidore to make a treaty with him to sell his produce exclusively to the English. The literal-minded '''Elizabethans''' attached great importance to this: on the principle of never throwing an argument away, they regarded it as giving them a right to share in the spice-trade.}}
# A person who lived during the reign of Queen {{w|Elizabeth II}} from 1952 to 2022, monarch of the [[United Kingdom]].
▲{{trans-top|pertaining# toA person who lived during the reign of Queen {{w|Elizabeth II}}, monarch of the [[United Kingdom}}]], from 1952 to 2022.
#* {{quote-web|en|author=Peter Webster|title=The New Elizabethan Age: Culture, Society and National Identity after World War II [book review]|work=[[w:London School of Economics|LSE Review of Books]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226160837/https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/the-new-elizabethan-age-book-review/|archivedate=26 February 2022|date=19 February 2017|passage=The ‘New '''Elizabethans'''’ were to be in continuity with their past, but also youthful, inventive, exploratory&nbsp;– a spirit most clearly to be seen in the arts.}}
 
====Translations====
{{trans-top|person who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[kuningatar]] [[Elisabet]]in [[valtakausi|valtakaudella]] [[elänyt]]}}
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|elżbietanin|m}}, {{t+|pl|elżbietańczyk|m}}
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{{trans-top|person who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom}}
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* {{pedia|Elizabeth II}}
 
[[Category:English {{cln|en|eponyms]]}}
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