Eliz.

American  

abbreviation

1. Elizabethan.

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Example Sentences

The Booke of Comon Prayer, published primo Eliz. was first resolved upon and established in the Church in the tyme of K. Ed.

From The Acts of Uniformity Their Scope and Effect by Lacey, T. A. (Thomas Alexander)

At common law also spiritual corporations might lease out their estates for any term of years, till prevented by the statute 13 Eliz. beforementioned: this was therefore a restraining statute.

From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir

But these were far from being sufficient for the care of the poor throughout the kingdom at large; and therefore, after many other fruitless experiments, by statute 43 Eliz. c.

From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir

The Statute 5 Eliz. a turning-point in Gild history.Many of the functions of the Gilds taken over by the state.

From The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury by Hibbert, Francis Aiden

Eliz. and the Duchess of York; the occasion of the betrothal of H. V. and Katherine of France; and the public welcome of the three Ladies in Coriolanus.

From Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries by Naylor, Edward W. (Edward Woodall)