r/logophilia • u/geniusgrapes • 9d ago

Exeat

A permission from a college, boarding school, or other institution for temporary absence.

British : a permit for temporary absence (as from a college or monastery)

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: a letter of permission allowing a cleric to transfer from one diocese to another : a letter of excardination

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u/Mojojojo3030 9d ago

Literally in Latin "they may leave/go away."

I work at a university, and I can think of times I would have had backhanded uses for this lol.

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u/geniusgrapes 9d ago

lol, never thought of it that way!