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pre-exilian, a.|priːɛgˈzɪlɪən, -ɛks-| [f. pre- B. 1 + L. exili-um exile + -an.] Before exile; spec. of or belonging to the period of Jewish history before the Babylonian exile. Also, in same sense, pre-eˈxilic, pre-ˈexile [pre- B. 2], adjs.
1863C. D. Ginsburg in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. lxxiv. 8 The only pre-exile instance. 1882–3Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. II. 1160 Twenty thousand is probably too low an estimate for the pre-exilian time. 1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 303/1 The law in question is not pre-exilic. 1890Sayce in Contemp. Rev. 433 If we are ever to learn anything about pre-exilic Israel on the soil of Palestine itself, it must be by the help of the spade. 1899Daily News 10 Jan. 5/5 Psalmody has its origin far back in the pre-exilian times. |