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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

exodium

, Gr. [GREEK] (sc. [GREEK] song) fr. [GREEK] belonging to an exit, or to the finale of a tragedy, fr. [GREEK]: cf. F.

exode

. See

Departure; exodus; esp., the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.

[Obs.]

L. Coleman.

Bolingbroke.

(Gr. Drama)

The final chorus; the catastrophe.

(Rom. Antiq.)

An afterpiece of a comic description, either a farce or a travesty.

Noun.

[Gr. See Exodus.] In the Greek drama, the concluding part of a play, or the part which comprehends all that is said after the last interlude.