Etymology

exeat

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Today it means: A license or permit for absence from a university or a religious house (such as a monastery). Full definition →

Latin exeat
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromexeat
  2. English todayexeat

Borrowed from Latin exeat, third-person singular subjunctive of exeō (“depart”) used as an impersonal imperative, literally “let him go forth”.

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