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exody

exody is the obsolete form of exodus.

Meaning of exodus

Noun

exodus (plural exoduses or (nonstandard) exodusses or exodus or (hypercorrect) exodi)

  1. A sudden departure of a large number of people.
    • There were no less than three exodi from Egypt. The first was the one just named, viz: the expulsion of two hundred and forty thousand Cuthites by Halisphragmuthosis; this occurred about two hundred years before the entrance of the Israelitish shepherds into Egypt. The second exodus was that of...1839, John Delafield Jr., An Inquiry into the Origin of the Antiquities of America, Cincinnati, Oh.: N. G. Burgess & Co., page 75

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Questions about exody

What is exody the obsolete form of?
Exody is the obsolete form of exodus.

Words near exody in the dictionary

  1. exodusted
  2. exoduster
  3. exodusters
  4. exodusting
  5. exodusts
  6. exody
  7. exoearth
  8. exoearths
  9. exoelectrogen
  10. exoelectrogenesis
  11. exoelectrogenic

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