POSTEXILIC

postexilic

(adjective) of or relating to the period in Jewish history after 539 BC (after the Babylonian Captivity)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

postexilic (not comparable)

After an exile, especially the Biblical exile of the Jews.

Source: Wiktionary


Post`ex*il"i*an, Post`ex*il"ic, a.

Definition: After the exile; specif. (Jewish Hist.),

Definition: belonging to a period subsequent to the Babylonian captivity or exile (b. c. 597 or about 586-about 537).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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NAUSEATING

(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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