Ĕx'o-dŭs, n.

n. [Lat. exodus, Gr. ἔξοδος, a going or marching out, from ἐξ, out, and ὁδός, way; Fr. & Pr. exode, Sp. & Pg. exodo, It. esodo.]

1Sense 1. Departure from a place; particularly, the departure of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses.

2Sense 2. The second book of the Old Testament, which gives a history of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.