Elizabeth Definition

ĭ-lĭzə-bəth
noun
A feminine name: dim. Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Betty, Elsie, Libby, Lisa, Liz; var. Elisabeth, Eliza.
Webster's New World
The mother of John the Baptist and a kinswoman of Mary: Luke 1
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • elizabeth i
  • elizabeth ii
pronoun
The mother of John the Baptist (written Elisabeth in later versions of the Bible).
Wiktionary
A female given name, popular since the 16th century.
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Origin of Elizabeth

  • From the Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisabet), a transliteration of the Old Testament Classical Hebrew אלישבע (Elisheva, “my deity is an oath”). See El

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Elizabeth Sentence Examples

  • Claire Elizabeth is one of us now and bears the surname Gustefson, not Leblanc as her birth certificate reads.

  • Later charters were granted by various sovereigns, and it was incorporated by Elizabeth in 1598 under the style of a mayor, 6 brethren and 12 capital burgesses.

  • His first wife died in 1563, and in 1572 he married a cousin, Elizabeth Mowbray, by whom he had three sons, the eldest of whom was named Alexander.'

  • He did not, however, as has been supposed, spend the best years of his manhood abroad, for he was certainly at home in 1571, when the preliminaries of his marriage were arranged at Merchiston; and in 1572 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Stirling of Keir.

  • Here Morton encouraged Buckingham's designs against Richard, and put him into communication with the queen dowager, Elizabeth Woodville, and with Henry Tudor, earl of Richmond.

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Words Starting With

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