EXEAT

Etymology

Noun

exeat (plural exeats)

A license or permit for absence from a college or a religious house (such as a monastery).

A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese.

Anagrams

• taxee

Source: Wiktionary


Ex"e*at, n. Etym: [L., let him go forth.]

1. A license for absence from a college or a religious house. [Eng.] Shipley.

2. A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese. Wharton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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