exeat

[ ek-see-at ]

/ ˈɛk siˌæt /

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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.

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Origin of exeat

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

Words nearby exeat

excussio, ex-directory, ex div., ex dividend, Ex. Doc., exeat, exec, execrable, execrate, execration, execrative

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How to use exeat in a sentence

The monotony of his schooldays was only broken by his Sunday exeat which was spent at home.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
He added, with a return of the grim humour of a don, that he supposed that as a sovereign prince I need scarcely “take an exeat.”
The Fall of Prince Florestan of Monaco|Charles Wentworth Dilke
The sisters watched the weather anxiously when their fortnightly exeat came round.
A Patriotic Schoolgirl|Angela Brazil
It was highly aggravating, because she was considered an invalid, and her Wednesday exeat was cancelled.
A Patriotic Schoolgirl|Angela Brazil

They have got him an exeat from the Doctor, they have bought him lines and bait, they have filled his pockets with good things.
Follow My leader|Talbot Baines Reed

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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