exeat

[ ek-see-at ]

/ ˈɛk siˌæt /

noun

permission granted by a bishop to a priest to leave the diocese.

British. official permission for a student to be absent from a college or university.

Nearby words

excuss, excussio, excycloduction, excyclophoria, excystation, exeat, exec, exec., execrable, execrate, execration

Origin of exeat

1475–85; noun use of Latin exeat let (him) go out, 3rd person singular present subjunctive of exīre to go out

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Examples from the Web for exeat

Arthur cut, armed with an exeat, and made the momentous purchase.
The Master of the Shell|Talbot Baines Reed
Dizzy might have saved the situation, but Dizzy had gone up to town with an exeat.
Peter Binney|Archibald Marshall
But he didn't enjoy his exeat, because he knew that Cæsar was in trouble.
The Hill|Horace Annesley Vachell
It was highly aggravating, because she was considered an invalid, and her Wednesday exeat was cancelled.
A Patriotic Schoolgirl|Angela Brazil

Suppose he went to the Bursar, obtained an exeat, fled straight to London!
Zuleika Dobson|Max Beerbohm

British Dictionary definitions for exeat

exeat

/ (ˈɛksɪət) /

noun British

leave of absence from school or some other institution

a bishop's permission for a priest to leave his diocese in order to take up an appointment elsewhere

Word Origin for exeat

C18: Latin, literally: he may go out, from exīre

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