exodus
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
exodus /ˈɛksədəs/
▶noun
- 1 a mass departure of people.
- 2 (Exodus) the second book of the Bible, recounting the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.
– origin OE: via eccles. L. from Gk exodos, from ex- ‘out of’ + hodos ‘way’.
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