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exeat

/ek-see-at/US // ˈɛk siˌæt //UK // (ˈɛksɪət) //

祛除,祛病,祛病疗伤,祛斑

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.

Examples

  • The monotony of his schooldays was only broken by his Sunday exeat which was spent at home.

  • He added, with a return of the grim humour of a don, that he supposed that as a sovereign prince I need scarcely “take an exeat.”

  • The sisters watched the weather anxiously when their fortnightly exeat came round.

  • It was highly aggravating, because she was considered an invalid, and her Wednesday exeat was cancelled.

  • They have got him an exeat from the Doctor, they have bought him lines and bait, they have filled his pockets with good things.