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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
exile/ˈeksʌɪl/

▶noun

1 the state of being barred from one's native country.

2 a person who lives in exile.

▶verb expel and bar (someone) from their native country.

– origin ME: the noun is from OFr. exil ‘banishment’, exile ‘banished person’; the verb is from OFr. exiler; all based on L. exilium ‘banishment’.

'exile' also found in these Oxford entries:

exilic - Falasha - internal exile - poplin - relegate - tax exile - Zion

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