postexilic

American

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

Sometimes postexilian

adjective

being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.

First recorded in 1870–75; post- + exilic

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postexilic

Accepting the analogy implied in his guest's parable which examples of postexilic eminence did he adduce?

From Ulysses by James Joyce

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