antebellum

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Pakistan's leaders negotiated a return to the status quo antebellum, after their own force, mountain by mountain, glacier by glacier, had slowly been expelled from the region,.

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  1. adjective Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

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  • If this was a subdivision, it was a subdivision of antebellum mansions. —  FIRESTORM
  • He spent most of his nights here rather than in the huge antebellum-looking house his wife had spent years building He dutifully stayed in the main house each Saturday night, slept in their marriage bed and made love to her as if he still cared. —  Lisa Jackson - Shiver
  • One especially nice excursion point is the Haig Point Lighthouse, which has a tower extending from the roof of an antebellum-style house.
  • Frankie has almost made herself sick with elaborate preparations for her daughter Tina Jo's antebellum-inspired wedding, and the rumor mill in their small town of Fayro, Texas, is working overtime. —  The Seventh Sense
  • Expect a big row from the bigots in Congress who still think of the District of Columbia as their antebellum fiefdom. —  Bark Bark Woof Woof
 

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  1. Latin ante bellum : ante, before + bellum, war.
 

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