exeunt

American  

[ek-see-uhnt, -oont] / ˈɛk si ənt, -ˌʊnt /

verb (used without object)

1. (they) go offstage (used formerly as a stage direction, usually preceding the names of the characters).

   Exeunt soldiers and townspeople.

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exeunt British  

/ ˈɛksɪˌʌnt /

1. they go out: used as a stage direction

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exeunt Cultural  

1. A stage direction indicating that two or more actors leave the stage. Exeunt is Latin for “They go out.”

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Etymology

Origin of exeunt

1475–85; < Latin, 3rd person plural present indicative of exīre to exit ¹

Example Sentences

At no point did anyone exeunt pursued by a bear.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2016

The priest blesses the faithful, they cough in response, and all exeunt to today's hymn, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Et sciatis vbi propè transitum illius habentur Christianæ Abbatiæ, quas olim constituit Dux Ogerus, exeunt obuiam illi in processione cum vexillis, et sancta cruce, et aqua benedicta, et thuribulo, hymnum, Veni Creator spiritus decantantes.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard

Roebuck looks sternly at the butler, and they exeunt followed by Butler, bowing.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various

This intimation was, of course, speedily followed by an exeunt omnes.”

From Literary Byways by Andrews, William