This week’s theme
Words from religion

This week’s words
gospel
messiah
apocalypse
exodus
crusade

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(EK-suh-duhs)

MEANING:

noun: A large-scale departure or emigration.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin, from Greek exodos (the road out), from ex- (out) + hodos (way, road, journey), which also gave us odometer, electrode, diode, episode, method, and synod. Earliest documented use: 1000.

NOTES:

Exodus is the second book of the Hebrew Bible (known in Christianity as the Old Testament) and contains an account of the Exodus, the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.

USAGE:

“Then, at the same time, I’m seeing Venezuela, the country I grew up in, totally on fire. Literally. I’m seeing an apocalypse. I’m seeing a mass exodus of over 2,000 people a day trying to leave the country that I grew up in.”
Richard Bienstock; Space Man; Guitar Player (New York); Feb 2020.

See more usage examples of exodus in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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