antebellum
/ˌæntɪˈbeləm/adjective
attrib.
- occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the US Civil War战前的（尤指美国南北战争前的）：
the conventions of the antebellum South.
南北战争前南方的社会习俗。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from Latin， from ante 'before' and bellum 'war'.