exilic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of exilic
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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 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 L. W. (Leonard William) King
The first novel of the exilic period was "Eszter," written anonymously for fear his works might be prohibited in Hungary, in which case the unhappy author would have run the risk of actual want.
From 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar The Scourge of God by Mikl?s J?sika
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 Charles Foster Kent
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