ante-bellum
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Sumner, Miss, belongs to the Deeper South�the one without its own memories of ante-bellum order or graciousness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Both Burnet and Rhett are maternal family names famous in ante-bellum days.
From Time Magazine Archive
A rundown ante-bellum mansion serves as the administration building.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is partly because Shaw's ante-bellum England is not in itself a theme, but only a framework for one.
From Time Magazine Archive
The only ante-bellum case that I can recall was due to an accidental injury of the head.
From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin
