exodus

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  1. noun A departure of a large number of people.
  2. noun The departure of the Israelites from Egypt.
  3. noun See Table at Bible.

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  • The first to lead off in this exodus was the Bibb family, long distinguished for wealth and influence in the State. —  The Memories of Fifty Years
  • The exodus from the Russian Superliga to the NHL has ended this season, and there's even been the first evidence of a flow back the other way. —  Questions/Answers
  • It has released its immigration policy which it says aims to stem what it calls the exodus of New Zealanders. —  Radio New Zealand News Headlines
  • I call on the world's most prosperous states to offer full support to those countries and organizations that are bearing the brunt of the Iraqi exodus -- both by means of material assistance and through the expended provision of resettlement opportunities to those vulnerable Iraqis for whom voluntary repatriation will not be a viable option. —  Trina's Kitchen
  • This exodus is likely to grow significantly if the political impasse and related insecurity intensifies. —  Chris Floyd - Empire Burlesque
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Late Latin, from Greek exodos : ex-, out; see exo- + hodos, way, journey.

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  1. from Late Latin Exodus, the book so named, from Greek ἒξοδος, a going out, a marching out, a way out, issue, end, close; the name in the Septuagint of the second book of the Old Testament; from ἐξ, out, + ὁδός, a way.
 

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