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POSTEXILIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does postexilic mean?
• POSTEXILIC (adjective)
The adjective POSTEXILIC has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to the period in Jewish history after 539 BC (after the Babylonian Captivity)
Familiarity information: POSTEXILIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the period in Jewish history after 539 BC (after the Babylonian Captivity)
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Babylonian Captivity (the deportation of the Jews to Babylonia by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC)
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