Encyclo - De online Nederlandstalige encyclopedieën in één oogopslag
Encyclopedia Sources Categories About Encyclo      Enzyklopädie-DE Encyclopedie-NL
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Index
Agriculture and Industry
Animals and Nature
Architecture and Buildings
Arts
Business and Law
Earth and Environment
Economy and Finance
Education
Electronics and Engineering
Film and Animation
Food and Drink
General
General technical and industrial
Government and organisations
Health and Medicine
History and Culture
Hobbies and Crafts
Language and Literature
Legal
Management
Mathematics and statistics
Meteorology and astronomy
Military and Defence
Music and Sound
People and society
Sciences
Sport and Leisure
Technical and IT
Travel and Transportation

Look up: Jacobean

  1. Jacobean
    [adj] - of or relating to James I or his reign or times 2. [n] - any distinguished personage during the reign of James I of England
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Jacobean
    Style in the arts, influential upon architecture and furniture as well as literature, during the reign of James I (1603-25) in England. In the visual arts, Jacobean design follows the general...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  3. Jacobean
    An architectural style used during the earlier part of the Stuart period (1603-1685AD). The name comes from the Latin for James - Jacobus - who was the first British Stuart King.
    Found on http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/k

  4. Jacobean
    Term used to describe the culture of the reign of James I (reigned 1603-25) particularly theatre (and even furniture) as well as painting. Great Elizabethan miniaturist Hilliard continues but succeeded in royal favour by Oliver. Similarly Gheeraerts flourished but overtaken by more sophisticated naturalism of Dutch born Van Somer and then Mytens (p ...
    Found on http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/gloss

  5. Jacobean
    building style (mainly domestic) of the reign of James 1 of England 1603-25. More sumptuous than Elizabethan it was characterised by the use of a number of details from different renaissance styles, principally, extravagant dutch curved gables, strapwork, fancy chimneys and mullioned, o...
    Found on http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/research/glo

  6. Jacobean
    Ja·co'be·an (?; 277), Ja*co'bi*an adjective [ From Latin Jacobus James. See 2d Jack .] Of or pertaining to a style of architecture and decoration in the time of James the First, of England. 'A Jacobean table.' C. Latin Eastlake.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/2

  7. Jacobean
    adjective of or relating to James I or his reign or times; `Jacobean writers`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Jacobean
    `Jacobean` indicates the period of English history that coincides with the reign of James I (1603–1625): *Jacobean era *Jacobean architecture *Jacobean literature *Jacobean English (the language used in the King James Version of the Bible) It is also used to refer to other things relating to the name James, notably the biblical Epistle of James. `Jacobean` derives from the New Latin `Jacobaeus`, cognate with James and Jacob.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobean

  9. Jacobean
    • (a.) Alt. of Jacobian
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. Jacobean
    Early 1600's English furniture style with a medieval appearance and dark finish. Furniture from this period can be very simple or covered with carvings.
    Found on http://www.artisansofthevalley.com/comm_


We are now searching for
• words containing `Jacobean`;
• Alternative spelling;
• Wider definitions.

One moment please...

10 November 2009

This day in history:
On 10 November 1871, David Livingstone, missionary and explorer was `found` by New York Herald reporter Henry Morton Stanley, who greeted him with the famous words `Dr Livingstone, I presume`. Between November 1853 and May 1856 David Livingstone completed a remarkable coast-to-coast journey from Luanda in the west to the mouth of the Zambezi River in the east. It was an epic trip of 4,300 miles and Livingstone became the first European to complete it. Along the way he had discovered a giant waterfall called ‘Mosi-oa-tunya’ (the smoke that thunders). Livingstone named it Victoria Falls after the British monarch. read more

Encyclo in your browser

Encyclo in the search bar of your browser? Click for more info! Would you like to use Encyco more often? Add an (extra) search option to the search field of your browser. Installed in 3 seconds, easy to remove.
More info

What is Encyclo?

Encyclo is a search engine for terms and definitions. Hundreds of websites contain wordlists, each with their own speciality. Encyclo brings those lists together and makes searching for definitions a lot easier.

Statistics

Encyclo has been online since october 15th 2007. It currently contains 3,264,100 words from 1007 sources. The words are listed in 32 categories.

Search

Type a word and press the `Search` button.

Recent searches

The most recent searches on Encyclo. Between brackets you will find the number of results and number of related results.
caveat (9/19)
PMP (6/4)
kynophobia (2/0)
kynophobia (2/0)
mibor (2/0)
strepitus (3/0)
Valens (6/6)
batta (5/25)
shakujo (2/0)
hydradenitis (3/0)
ils (10/25)
City (14/25)
Pervasive (4/17)
Weltpolitik (3/0)
hydradenitis (3/0)
yokel (5/4)
hydradenitis (3/0)
contrast (25/25)
ordinary (4/25)
wei (10/25)
soaproot (3/0)
Robert (14/25)
winchester (12/25)
Confract (2/1)

© Encyclo MMIX
Contact Privacy