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ante bellum
an-ti BEL-luhm
adjective
period of American history before the Civil War (before 1866)
1938Robert E. HowardPigions from HellThe old deserted house stimulated their imagination with its suggestion of antebellum splendor and ultimate decay.1992Charles D. AndersonIntroduction to: Outlaws of the Old WestIn many respects the Old West is like the ante-bellum South. It is a civilization gone with the wind.1999Patricia CornwellSouthern CrossThe governor's antebellum mansion needed new plumbing and wiring.2002John GrishamThe SummonsThe house next door to the east was another relic occupied by a family of spinsters who'd been dying off for decades. It was also an antebellum but without the vines and weeds, and it was completely shadowed by five of the largest oak trees in Clanton.

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