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
The schoolboy who has obtained his exeat for a few days as he bounds off to the station to catch his train, may be thought to have left all care behind him.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)
No girl might go without showing an exeat signed by the Principal.
From For the School Colours by Brazil, Angela
Glad of a change, he easily obtained an exeat, and went down on the Saturday morning.
From Julian Home by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)
The glimpse she had had of Bernard junior during an exeat spent at home, was not inspiring, but Grizel’s indomitable optimism surmounted all difficulties.
From Lady Cassandra by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
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