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

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

The comparison of the earlier prophetic writings with the exilic prophecies, and with the later writings, such as Jonah, Ecclesiastes, &c., will illustrate this change.

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

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