exilic

American  

[eg-zil-ik, ek-sil-] / ɛgˈzɪl ɪk, ɛkˈsɪl- /

Sometimes exilian

adjective

1. pertaining to exile, especially that of the Jews in Babylon.

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Etymology

Origin of exilic

First recorded in 1870–75; exile + -ic

Example Sentences

But he has learned to combine the possibilities of exilic experimentation with the rigor of that training ground.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2021

V. S. Naipaul, Taseer’s former mentor, is repeatedly mentioned in the book, and it is written in his exilic spirit.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 30, 2019

The Babylonian exile scattered the Jews so widely that the exilic and post-exilic prophets depended almost entirely upon this method of reaching their countrymen and thus became writers of epistles.

From The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament by Kent, Charles Foster

The tendency of the purely literary school of critics has been to explain the process by the direct use of Babylonian documents wholly within exilic times.

From Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition by King, L. W. (Leonard William)

There is not, and cannot be, any doubt about the bulk of those which are apparently exilic or post-exilic.

From Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 by Smith, George Adam, Sir