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exeats

exeats is the plural of exeat.

Meaning of exeat

Noun

exeat (plural exeats)

  1. A license or permit for absence from a university or a religious house (such as a monastery).
  2. A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese.
  3. (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, UK, dated) Leave of absence from a public school or college.
    • [I]t was impossible to imagine her doing anything except eating ice-cream and smoking, like a child on an exeat from school.1984, Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac, Penguin, published 2016, page 66
  4. (obsolete) A stage direction to leave the stage.

Phrases with exeats

Questions about exeats

What is exeats the plural of?
Exeats is the plural of exeat.

Words near exeats in the dictionary

  1. exduction
  2. exductions
  3. exe
  4. exe.
  5. exeat
  6. exeats
  7. exec
  8. exec-produce
  9. exec-produced
  10. exec-produces
  11. exec-producing

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