Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exeat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: ex-eat
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A license or permit for absence from a university or a religious house (such as a monastery).

noun

A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese.

noun

Leave of absence from a public school or college.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage; Dated

noun

A stage direction to leave the stage.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[I]t was impossible to imagine her doing anything except eating ice-cream and smoking, like a child on an exeat from school."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exeat, third-person singular subjunctive of exeō (“depart”) used as an impersonal imperative, literally “let him go forth”.

Usage

Inflected Forms

exeats (plural)

Phrases

ne exeat

Frequently Paired Words

ne exeat absit exeunt

Questions

What does exeat mean?: A license or permit for absence from a university or a religious house (such as a monastery).
Where does exeat come from?: Borrowed from Latin exeat, third-person singular subjunctive of exeō (“depart”) used as an impersonal imperative, literally “let him go forth”.

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