pre-exilic

Variant of preexilic

preexilic definition

pre·exil·ic or pre-exilic pre′·-exil′ic (prē′ek sil′ik; -eg zil′-)

adjective

of that period of Jewish history preceding the Babylonian Exile (6th cent. )
also preexilian pre′·exil′·ian or pre-exilian pre′·-exil′·ian

Etymology: < pre- + L exilium, exile + -ic

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