Word Study
exeat
CIDE DICTIONARY
exeat, n. [L., let him go forth.].
- A license for absence from a college or a religious house. Shipley. [1913 Webster]
- A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese. Wharton. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
exeat, n. Brit. permission granted to a student by a college for temporary absence or permission granted to a priest by a bishop to move to another diocese.
Etymology
L, 3rd sing. pres. subjunctive of exire go out (as EX-(1), ire go)
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