See Also: exeat(dictionary)
EXEAT, eccl(law)

exeat (iou)



exeat noun. E18.
[Latin = let him or her go out, 3rd person sing. pres. subjunct. of exire EXIT verb1.]
A permission for temporary absence from a college or other institution. E18.
P. Ackroyd He had been given a day's exeat from the hospital where he was being treated.
A permission granted by a bishop to a priest to move to another diocese. M18.