Adjective
pre-exilic (comparative more pre-exilic, superlative most pre-exilic)
From the time before the Jewish exile to Babylon around 600 BC.
As a result, many historians think that Aaronide families did not control the priesthood in pre-exilic Israel. Source: Internet
By stressing the central role of the Temple in pre-exilic Judah, the author also stresses the importance of the newly-rebuilt Persian-era Second Temple to his own readers. Source: Internet