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

To such impracticable ideals, for that age, did this exilic movement of the new religion look, with sober, strenuous, systematic effort for their realization; and therein may we see its intensity of moral life.

From The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible by Newton, R. Heber

P is therefore referred almost unanimously by scholars to the exilic and early post-exilic age, and may be roughly put about 500 B.C.

From Introduction to the Old Testament by McFadyen, John Edgar

Her exilic judgment is pictured in the next verse: "And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land."

From The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition by Gaebelein, Arno C.