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postexilic

[ pohst-eg-zil-ik, -ek-sil- ]

adjective

  1. being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.


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Origin of postexilic1

First recorded in 1870–75; post- + exilic

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