exeat
Americannoun
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permission granted by a bishop to a priest to leave the diocese.
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British. official permission for a student to be absent from a college or university.
noun
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leave of absence from school or some other institution
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a bishop's permission for a priest to leave his diocese in order to take up an appointment elsewhere
Etymology
Origin of exeat
1475–85; noun use of Latin exeat let (him) go out, 3rd person singular present subjunctive of exīre to go out
Example Sentences
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It also conferred on Timothy Abbott a "ne exeat" right, which means the child's mother could not take him out of Chile without his father's consent.
From Washington Post ● May 18, 2010
No girl might go without showing an exeat signed by the Principal.
From For the School Colours by Brazil, Angela
How she would long for the arrival of the next vacation or mid-term exeat that would bring him up to town!
From The Whirligig of Time by Williams, Wayland Wells
She reflected with horror that only two more days of the exeat remained, and determined to waste not another moment in repining.
From Etheldreda the Ready A School Story by Horrell, Charles
There may still be imprisonment in England, under the writ—rarely used in practice—ne exeat regno, which issues to prevent a debtor from leaving the kingdom.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
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