All 4 Uses of
exodus
in
Severance
- As people made their exoduses out of the city on foot, these spaces must have served as makeshift sanctuaries.†
p. 285.6 *exoduses = departures by groups of people
- In February 1846, the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints embarked on an exodus.†
p. 169.1
- With an unknown destination, the exodus turned into a wandering.†
p. 169.5
- After escaping Egypt, the children of Israel embarked on an exodus that, as the years passed, began to feel more like an aimless wandering.†
p. 178.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(exodus) a departure by a lot of peopleWhen used as a proper noun (capitalized), "Exodus" typically references the second book of the Old Testament or the story it includes about the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt.
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
As a proper noun, Exodus can refer to:- a book in the Christian and Hebrew Bibles
- the story of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt from that book
- the name of a 1960 movie
- the name of various firms