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postexilic

postexilic adjective: after an exile, especially the Jewish exile to Babylon around 600 BC.

Adjective

postexilic (not comparable)

  1. After an exile, especially the Jewish exile to Babylon around 600 BC.
    Antonyms:
    pre-exilic

Antonyms of postexilic

Origin of postexilic

From post- + exilic.

Questions about postexilic

What does postexilic mean?
Postexilic means after an exile, especially the Jewish exile to Babylon around 600 BC.
What part of speech is postexilic?
Postexilic is an adjective.

Words near postexilic in the dictionary

  1. postexercise
  2. postexertional
  3. postexhaustion
  4. postexile
  5. postexilian
  6. postexilic
  7. postexist
  8. postexisted
  9. postexistence
  10. postexistences
  11. postexistent

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