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.

2. Gr. Drama

The final chorus; the catastrophe.

3. Rom. Antig.

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

 

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