antebellum








adjective

  1. before or existing before a war, especially the American Civil War; prewar: the antebellum plantations of Georgia.

adjective

  1. of or during the period before a war, esp the American Civil Warthe antebellum South
adj.

also ante-bellum, from Latin phrase ante bellum, literally “before the war;” see ante- + bellicose. In U.S., usually in reference to the American Civil War (1861-65); first attested in a June 14, 1862, entry in Mary Chesnut’s diary.

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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