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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EX'ILE, n. eg'zile. [L. exilium, exul; The word is probably compounded of ex and a root in Sl, signifying to depart, or cut off, to separate, or the thrust away, perhaps L. salio.]
1. Banishment; the state of being expelled from one's native country or place of residence by authority, and forbid to return, either for a limited time or for perpetuity.
2. An abandonment of one's country, or removal to a foreign country for residence, through fear, disgust or resentment, or for any cause distinct from business, is called a voluntary exile, as is also a separation from one's country and friends by distress or necessity.
3. The person banished, or expelled from his country by authority; also, one who abandons his country and resides in another; or one who is separated from his country and friends by necessity.
EX'ILE, v.t. To banish, as a person from his country or from a particular jurisdiction by authority, with a prohibition of return; to drive away, expel or transport from one's country.
1. To drive from one's country by misfortune, necessity or distress.
To exile one's self, is to quit one's country with a view not to return
EX'ILE, a. eg'zil, [L. exilis.] Slender; thin; fine.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country; "American expatriates" [syn: exile, expatriate, expat]
2: a person who is expelled from home or country by authority [syn: exile, deportee]
3: the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life" [syn: exile, deportation, expatriation, transportation] v
1: expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions" [syn: expatriate, deport, exile] [ant: repatriate]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English exil, from Anglo-French essil, exil, from Latin exilium, from exul, exsul an exile Date: 14th century 1. a. the state or a period of forced absence from one's country or home b. the state or a period of voluntary absence from one's country or home 2. a person who is in exile • exilic adjective II. transitive verb (exiled; exiling) Date: 14th century to banish or expel from one's own country or home Synonyms: see banish

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 expulsion, or the state of being expelled, from one's native land or (internal exile) native town etc. 2 long absence abroad, esp. enforced. 3 a person expelled or long absent from his or her native country. 4 (the Exile) the captivity of the Jews in Babylon in the 6th c. BC. --v.tr. (foll. by from) officially expel (a person) from his or her native country or town etc. Derivatives: exilic adj. (esp. in sense 4 of n.). Etymology: ME f. OF exil, exiler f. L exilium banishment

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Exile Ex*ile", a. [L. exilis.] Small; slender; thin; fine. [Obs.] ``An exile sound.'' --Bacon.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Exile Ex"ile, n. [OE. exil, fr. L. exilium, exsilium, fr. exsuil one who quits, or is banished from, his native soil; ex out + solum ground, land, soil, or perh. fr.the root of salire to leap, spring; cf. F. exil. Cf. Sole of the foot, Saltation.] 1. Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country. Let them be recalled from their exile. --Shak. 2. The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home. Thou art in exile, and thou must not stay. --Shak. Syn: Banishment; proscription; expulsion.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Exile Ex"ilev. t. [imp. & p. p. Exiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Exiling.] To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away. ``Exiled from eternal God.'' --Tennyson. Calling home our exiled friends abroad. --Shak. Syn: See Banish.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(exiles, exiling, exiled) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If someone is living in exile, they are living in a foreign country because they cannot live in their own country, usually for political reasons. He is now living in exile in Egypt... He returned from exile earlier this year. ...after nearly six years of exile... During his exile, he also began writing books. N-UNCOUNT: usu prep N 2. If someone is exiled, they are living in a foreign country because they cannot live in their own country, usually for political reasons. His second wife, Hilary, had been widowed, then exiled from South Africa... They threatened to exile her in southern Spain. ...Haiti's exiled president. VERB: be V-ed from n, V n, V-ed 3. An exile is someone who has been exiled. N-COUNT 4. If you say that someone has been exiled from a particular place or situation, you mean that they have been sent away from it or removed from it against their will. He has been exiled from the first team and forced to play in third team matches... = banish VERB: usu passive, be V-ed from n • Exile is also a noun. Rovers lost 4-1 and began their long exile from the First Division. N-UNCOUNT: oft N from n

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) Of the kingdom of Israel. In the time of Pekah, Tiglath-pileser II. carried away captive into Assyria (2 Kings 15:29; comp. Isa. 10:5, 6) a part of the inhabitants of Galilee and of Gilead (B.C. 741).

After the destruction of Samaria (B.C. 720) by Shalmaneser and Sargon (q.v.), there was a general deportation of the Israelites into Mesopotamia and Media (2 Kings 17:6; 18:9; 1 Chr. 5:26). (See ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF.)

(2.) Of the kingdom of the two tribes, the kingdom of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim (Jer. 25:1), invaded Judah, and carried away some royal youths, including Daniel and his companions (B.C. 606), together with the sacred vessels of the temple (2 Chr. 36:7; Dan. 1:2). In B.C. 598 (Jer. 52:28; 2 Kings 24:12), in the beginning of Jehoiachin's reign (2 Kings 24:8), Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive 3,023 eminent Jews, including the king (2 Chr. 36:10), with his family and officers (2 Kings 24:12), and a large number of warriors (16), with very many persons of note (14), and artisans (16), leaving behind only those who were poor and helpless. This was the first general deportation to Babylon.

In B.C. 588, after the revolt of Zedekiah (q.v.), there was a second general deportation of Jews by Nebuchadnezzar (Jer. 52:29; 2 Kings 25:8), including 832 more of the principal men of the kingdom. He carried away also the rest of the sacred vessels (2 Chr. 36:18). From this period, when the temple was destroyed (2 Kings 25:9), to the complete restoration, B.C. 517 (Ezra 6:15), is the period of the "seventy years."

In B.C. 582 occurred the last and final deportation. The entire number Nebuchadnezzar carried captive was 4,600 heads of families with their wives and children and dependants (Jer. 52:30; 43:5-7; 2 Chr. 36:20, etc.). Thus the exiles formed a very considerable community in Babylon.

When Cyrus granted permission to the Jews to return to their own land (Ezra 1:5; 7:13), only a comparatively small number at first availed themselves of the privilege. It cannot be questioned that many belonging to the kingdom of Israel ultimately joined the Jews under Ezra, Zerubbabel, and Nehemiah, and returned along with them to Jerusalem (Jer. 50:4, 5, 17-20, 33-35).

Large numbers had, however, settled in the land of Babylon, and formed numerous colonies in different parts of the kingdom. Their descendants very probably have spread far into Eastern lands and become absorbed in the general population. (See JUDAH, KINGDOM OF; CAPTIVITY.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ek'-sil, eg'-zil (galah, tsa`ah):

Occurs twice only in the King James Version (2Sa 15:19 (galah, "to remove"); Isa 51:14 (tsa`ah, "to be bowed down")). In the Revised Version (British and American) "exile" is substituted for "captivity" (Ezr 8:35 (shebhi), and Eze 12:4 (golah)); "go into exile," for "remove and go" (Eze 12:11); "exiles of Ethiopia" for "Ethiopians captives" (Isa 20:4); "He shall let my exiles go free" for "He shall let go my captives" (Isa 45:13); "an exile" for "a captive" (Isa 49:21). "The exile" is in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) "the captivity" (which see).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Banishment, ostracism, proscription, expulsion (from one's country), expatriation. 2. Banished person. 3. Separation (voluntary or by circumstances) from country, sunderment from home and kindred, isolation from fatherland and friends. 4. Isolated person. II. v. a. Banish, expatriate, ostracize, proscribe, expel (from one's country).

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