postbiblical

1. 1.

   subsequent to biblical times

Questions about postbiblical

What does postbiblical mean?

postbiblical means "subsequent to biblical times".

How many syllables are in postbiblical?

postbiblical has 4 syllables and divides as post-bi-bli-cal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is postbiblical a common word?

postbiblical is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.