Exode

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exode \Ex"ode\n. [L. exodium, Gr. ? (sc. ? song) fr. ? belonging
     to an exit, or to the finale of a tragedy, fr. ?: cf. F.
     exode. See {Exodus}.]
     1. Departure; exodus; esp., the exodus of the Israelites from
        Egypt. [Obs.] --L. Coleman. --Bolingbroke.
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     2. (Gr. Drama) The final chorus; the catastrophe.
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     3. (Rom. Antiq.) An afterpiece of a comic description, either
        a farce or a travesty.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exode
       n : a farcical afterpiece in the ancient Roman theater