antebellum

an·te·bel·lum

A0327100 (ăn′tē-bĕl′əm)adj. Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

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[From Latin ante bellum, before the war : ante, before; see ante- + bellum, war.]

antebellum

(ˌæntɪˈbɛləm) adjof or during the period before a war, esp the American Civil War: the antebellum South. [Latin ante bellum, literally: before the war]

an•te•bel•lum

(ˈæn tiˈbɛl əm)

adj. before or existing before the war, esp. the American Civil War. [1860–65; < Latin ante bellum]

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antebellum - belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil Warnonmodern - not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time

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