Postexilic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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