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

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.

It is the offspring of exilic or post-exilic Judaism.

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius

The suggestion, though worth mentioning, is doubtful; the epithet is late, exilic and post-exilic; and Herodotus' phrase took Kadŭtis is hardly equivalent to became paramount there as Nĕcoh became paramount in Jerusalem.

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