Post by t-bob on Apr 20, 2019 10:04:31 GMT -5
EXODUS
noun
1. a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people: the summer exodus to the country and shore.
Quotes
The California exodus has been far more significant in the more lightly populated states of the West, where people born in California now represent a huge share of the population. -- Nate Cohn, "The California Exodus," New York Times, August 14, 2014 Signs point to an exodus. A study published earlier this month suggests that senior civil servants leave in droves during the first year of a new administration. -- Andrew McGill, "The Coming Exodus of Career Civil Servants," The Atlantic, December 28, 2016
Origin
Exodus dates from Old English times: the English abbot and scholar Aelfric Grammaticus (“Aelfric the Grammarian,” c955–c1020) writes the sentence sēo ōther bōc is Exodus gehāten “The second book (of the Bible) is called Exodus.” The Old English noun comes straight from Latin Latin exodus, a direct borrowing of Greek éxodos “a going out, a march, military expedition.” Éxodos is the Greek title, not a translation, of the opening words of the Hebrew text, wě ʾēlleh shěmōth “And these (are) the names
noun
1. a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people: the summer exodus to the country and shore.
Quotes
The California exodus has been far more significant in the more lightly populated states of the West, where people born in California now represent a huge share of the population. -- Nate Cohn, "The California Exodus," New York Times, August 14, 2014 Signs point to an exodus. A study published earlier this month suggests that senior civil servants leave in droves during the first year of a new administration. -- Andrew McGill, "The Coming Exodus of Career Civil Servants," The Atlantic, December 28, 2016
Origin
Exodus dates from Old English times: the English abbot and scholar Aelfric Grammaticus (“Aelfric the Grammarian,” c955–c1020) writes the sentence sēo ōther bōc is Exodus gehāten “The second book (of the Bible) is called Exodus.” The Old English noun comes straight from Latin Latin exodus, a direct borrowing of Greek éxodos “a going out, a march, military expedition.” Éxodos is the Greek title, not a translation, of the opening words of the Hebrew text, wě ʾēlleh shěmōth “And these (are) the names
