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POSTEXILIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the period in Jewish history after 539 BC (after the Babylonian Captivity)
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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Babylonian Captivity (the deportation of the Jews to Babylonia by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC)