Definitions
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- adjective Of a style incorporating elements of
Elizabethan andJacobean .
Etymologies
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Blend of Jacobean and Elizabethan, coined by John Betjeman in 1933.
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Examples
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Chimneys Holes in roofs give way to lofty medieval chimneys, the wild designs of Tudor and Jacobethan England.
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Jacobethan (the precursor to the Queen Anne style)
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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Jacobethan (the precursor to the Queen Anne style)
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Two of British maverick director Derek Jarman's most accomplished films are interpretations of Jacobethan texts.
Culture | guardian.co.uk Philip French 2010
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Harlaxton Manor Strange Jacobethan manor recreated for The Haunting.
Places, history & myth Ray Girvan 2002
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Harlaxton Manor Strange Jacobethan manor recreated for The Haunting.
Archive 2002-04-01 Ray Girvan 2002
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