Definition of Exilian

1. Adjective. Having the characteristics of exile ¹

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Definition of Exilian

1. exilic [adj] - See also: exilic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exilian

exiguity
exiguous
exiguously
exiguousness
exiguousnesses
exilable
exilarch
exilarchs
exile
exiled
exilement
exilements
exiler
exilers
exiles
exilian (current term)
exilic
exiling
exilities
exilition
exility
eximious
eximiously
exinanitions
exine
exines
exing
exinitic
exist
existability

Literary usage of Exilian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Problem of the Old Testament Considered with Reference to Recent Criticism by James Orr (1906)
"They show no traces of post-exilian legalism, or of the ideas of the Priestly Code. On the other hand, many of the psalms suit admirably the conditions of ..."

2. The Poetry and Religion of the Psalms by James Robertson (1898)
"If these two lines of proof show with certainty, or with great probability, that the Psalter originated in pre- exilian times, it will then be proper to ..."

3. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1879)
"TOE POST-exilian PROPHETS.!—This is one of a series of Handbooks for Bible-classes prepared by Rev. M. Dods, DD, and Rev. Alexander Whyte, MA It contains a ..."

4. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1879)
"THE POST-exilian PROPHETS.! — This is one of a series of Handbooks for Bible-classes ... 24 pp. f The Post-exilian Prophets, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, ..."

5. The Doctrine of Sacred Scripture: A Critical, Historical, and Dogmatic by George Trumbull Ladd (1883)
"But if we go back of the Masoretic, the Talmudic, and the post-exilian eras, and inquire, in the case of those books whose l De Pentateuch! ..."

6. Judaism and Christianity: A Sketch of the Progress of Thought from Old by Crawford Howell Toy (1891)
"The pre-exilian prophets looked to the defeat or subjugation of surrounding nations, including the Assyrians, and the perpetuity of the Davidic dynasty. ..."

7. An Introduction to the Old Testament by Charles Henry Hamilton Wright (1890)
"THE POST-exilian PROPHETS. § 10. HAGGAI. 1. Haggai (NIO, festal, Gr. 'Ayya,os, probably born on some great festal day), was one of those who returned from ..."

8. Magic and Religion by Andrew Lang (1901)
"IS PURIM PRE-exilian OK ... -exilian? In any case Purim has not been successfully connected with ..."

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