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exilic Definition

ex·ilic (ek sil′ik, eg zil′ik)

adjective

of exile, esp. the exile of the Jews in Babylonia

exilic Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • period: The observance of the Sabbath in the Exilic period was al- together in harmony with what we have already said about the period.
  • community: The Russian Grand Priory continued in the exilic community in Paris after the 1917 Revolution.
  • time: We see a difference of form at least in post exilic times, yet there is clearly an overlap.
  • redactor: These Jerusalem prophecies were later worked over by an exilic redactor who clothed them in a Babylonian dress.
  • circumstance: Its position in this collection suggests that the exilic circumstance is subject to that earlier theology.
  • age: Literature, history, and theology of the exilic age.