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antebellum

 
(ăn'tē-bĕl'əm) pronunciation
adj.
Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

[Latin ante bellum : ante, before + bellum, war.]


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[ܖæntēܒbelǝm]

ܖæntēˈbelǝm adj. occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the Civil War: the conventions of the antebellum South.

Etymology: mid 19th cent.: from Latin, from ante ‘before’ and bellum ‘war.’

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Dating before or existing before the US Civil War (1861–1865).


(an-tee-bel-uhm)

A descriptive term for objects and institutions, especially houses, that originated three or four decades before the Civil War. Antebellum is Latin for “before the war.”

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Before the war. Usually used to describe the United States before the U.S. Civil War (1861-65). Typically spelled antebellum in English.

 
 
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