Exilian

/ɛɡˈzɪliən/ adjective

Definition

Relating to or characteristic of exile or exiles.

Etymology

From exile plus the suffix -ian meaning 'of or relating to.' Creates an adjective to describe things connected with the state or experience of exile.

Kelly Says

The word 'exilian' appears in Biblical scholarship to describe the literature and thinking produced during the Babylonian exile, when a people's worldview was reshaped by displacement.

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