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noun
- 1. a permission from a college, boarding school, or other institution for temporary absence. British
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1. British: a permit for temporary absence (as from a college or monastery) 2. : a letter of permission allowing a cleric to transfer from one diocese to another : a letter of excardination.
noun. 1. permission granted by a bishop to a priest to leave the diocese. 2. Brit. official permission for a student to be absent from a college or university. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
noun. permission granted by a bishop to a priest to leave the diocese. British. official permission for a student to be absent from a college or university. exeat. / ˈɛksɪət / noun. leave of absence from school or some other institution. a bishop's permission for a priest to leave his diocese in order to take up an appointment elsewhere.
Definition of exeat noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Exeat is used in Britain to describe leave of absence from a boarding school. It is also used at certain colleges to define a required note to take absence -- such as for entire days, parts of a day, for appointments, interviews, open days and other fixtures.
exeat. ( ˈɛksɪət) n. 1. (Education) leave of absence from school or some other institution. 2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a bishop's permission for a priest to leave his diocese in order to take up an appointment elsewhere. [C18: Latin, literally: he may go out, from exīre]
Exeat is used in Britain to describe weekend leave from a boarding school. It is also used at certain colleges to define a required note to take absence from school either for entire days, or parts of a day for appointments, interviews, open days and other fixtures.
