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

Few others of his generation would think to put “lemon telenovela” or “texasburger” in a poem, or write these lines: “Thanks / to a snakeskin toupee, my grayish push boots / exhale new patina / prestige. Exeunt the Kardashians.”

From The New Yorker • May 25, 2015

Love it or hate it, it's undoubtedly generated some of the most interesting and perceptive writing on theatre from Daniel B Yates for Exeunt here and from Andrew Haydon here.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2012

Exeunt Omnes Sir: Plutonius: "Geigers, beware, for Fission and ourselves will wed our forces to spawn a new and fiercer breed of demons."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Exeunt Omnes," cried the Papal master of ceremonies, and all but the Cardinals departed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Exeunt soldier and guests, exit host into the house.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno