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antebellum

an·te·bel·lum [ àntee bélləm ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. before Civil War: belonging or relating to the time before the Civil War

2. before war: preceding a war, or characteristic of the time preceding a war

[Mid-19th century. < Latin ante bellum "before the war"]
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