'Postexilic' definitions:
Definition of 'postexilic'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to the period in Jewish history after 539 BC (after the Babylonian Captivity)
Definition of 'Postexilic'
From: GCIDE
- Postexilian \Post`ex*il"i*an\, Postexilic \Post`ex*il"ic\, a.] After the exile; specif. (Jewish Hist.), belonging to a period subsequent to the Babylonian captivity or exile (b. c.
- 597 or about 586-about 537). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]