exode

departure; exodus, especially the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt

Noun

  1. departure; exodus, especially the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
    • a. 1751, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, an essay constant or standing miracles before the exode , at the exode , in the wilderness , in the promised land , under their judges , and under their kings
    • Moreover, the continuation of the Mosaic Dispensation from the Exode, 1586, to the burning of the second temple, A.D. 70 = 1656, is exactly the period before the Flood. - 1868, Lyman Coleman, An Historical Text Book and...
  2. The final chorus; the catastrophe.
  3. A comic afterpiece, either a farce or a travesty.

Origin

From Latin exodium, from Ancient Greek ἐξόδιον (exódion).

Forms

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