See Also: exilian(dictionary)
pre-exilian(dictionary)
post-exilian(dictionary)

apprentice (oh) and pre-exilian (iou)


apprentice (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: aprentis, from aprendre 'to learn', from Latin apprehendere; APPREHEND]
someone who works for an employer for a fixed period of time in order to learn a particular skill or job
::She works in the hairdresser's as an apprentice.
::an apprentice electrician
-- apprentice v [T usually passive]
::He was apprenticed to a local architect.

pre-exilian (iou)



pre-exilian adjective. L19.
[from PRE- 2 + Latin exilium EXILE noun1 + -IAN.]
Existing or occurring in the period of Jewish history before the Babylonian exile.
Also pre-exilic adjective L19.