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"men in exile dream of hope"nounthe act of expelling a person from their native land
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nouna person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
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"The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions"verbexpel from a country
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nouna person who is expelled from home or country by authority
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Definition that contains exile
- refugee an exile who flees for safety
- cain (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God
- ezekiel a Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC who was exiled to Babylon in 587 BC
- plo a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine; when formed in 1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by Yasser Arafat's al-Fatah; in 1968 Arafat became chairman; received recognition by the United Nations and by Arab states in 1974 as a government in exile; has played a largely political role since the creation of the Palestine National Authority
- nebuchadnezzar (Old Testament) king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC)
- diaspora the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time
- babylonia an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king)
- de gaulle French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970)
- penal colony a penal institution where prisoners are exiled (often located on an island from which escape is difficult or impossible)
- kalon tripa the chairman of the Kashag and essentially head of the Tibetan government-in-exile