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–adjective

before or existing before the war, esp. the American Civil War.

[Origin: 1860–65; < L ante bellum before the war

]

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adj. Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

[Latin ante bellum : ante, before + bellum, war.]

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antebellum
adjective
belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War

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antebellum [(an-tee-bel-uhm)]

A descriptive term for objects and institutions, especially houses, that originated three or four decades before the Civil War. Antebellum is Latin for “before the war.”

[Chapter:] American History to 1865

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