a. [f. L. ex(s)ili-um (see EXILE sb.1) + -AN.] = next.
1882–3. Schaff, Encycl. Relig. Knowl., III. 2106. Wellhausen considers the second account as … of exilian or post-exilian origin.
1888. Cave, Inspir. O. Test., v. 277. The prophetical writers prior to the exilian period.
