postbellum


post·bel·lum

P0467700 (pōst-bĕl′əm)adj. Belonging to the period after a war, especially the US Civil War: postbellum houses; postbellum governments.
[Latin post, after + bellum, war.]

post•bel•lum

(poʊstˈbɛl əm)

adj. occurring after a war, esp. after the American Civil War. [1870–75; < Latin post bellum after the war]