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ex⋅il⋅ic

  [eg-zil-ik, ek-sil-]
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–adjective
pertaining to exile, esp. that of the Jews in Babylon.
Also, ex⋅il⋅i⋅an.

Origin:
1870–75; exile + -ic
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ex·ile   (ěg'zīl', ěk'sīl')   
n.  

    1. Enforced removal from one's native country.

    2. Self-imposed absence from one's country.

  2. The condition or a period of living away from one's native country.

  3. One who lives away from one's native country, whether because of expulsion or voluntary absence.

tr.v.   ex·iled, ex·il·ing, ex·iles
To send into exile; banish. See Synonyms at banish.

[Middle English exil, from Old French, from Latin exilium, from exul, exsul, exiled person, wanderer.]
ex·il'ic (ĭg-zĭl'ĭk, ĭk-sĭl'-), ex·il'ian (ĭg-zĭl'yən, -zĭl'ē-ən, ĭk-sĭl'yən, -sĭl'ē-ən) adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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