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

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 J?sika, Mikl?s

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

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