Exode
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 departure; exodus, especially the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt obsolete
"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"
- 2 a farcical afterpiece in the ancient Roman theater wordnet
- 3 The final chorus; the catastrophe. Ancient-Greek
- 4 A comic afterpiece, either a farce or a travesty. Ancient-Rome, historical
Example
More examples"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"
Etymology
From Latin exodium, from Ancient Greek ἐξόδιον (exódion).
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