- BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY
- the exile of JEWISH people from Jerusalem which began in 597 B.C. In CHRISTIAN thought it became a symbol of corruption in the CHURCH.
Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.
BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY
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Babylonian captivity — 1. the period of the exile of the Jews in Babylonia, 597 538 B.C. 2. the exile of the popes at Avignon, 1309 77. * * * … Universalium
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Babylonian captivity — banishment of the residents of Judea to Babylon during the 6th century BCE … English contemporary dictionary
Babylonian Captivity — /bæbəloʊniən kæpˈtɪvəti/ (say babuhlohneeuhn kap tivuhtee) noun the period from 597 to about 538 BC when the Jewish people lived in exile in Babylonia …
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