an·te·bel·lum
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| before or existing before the war, esp. the American Civil War. |
[Origin: 1860–65; < L ante bellum before the war
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antebellum
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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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