exeunt omnes

[ ek-see-uhnt om-neez, ek-see-oont ohm-neys ]

noun

1. they all go out (used formerly as a stage direction).

exeunt omnes

/ ˈɛksɪˌʌnt ˈɒmneɪz /

(no translation)

1. they all go out: used as a stage direction

Word History and Origins

Origin of exeunt omnes¹

From Latin exeunt omnēs

Example Sentences

I’m concerned that I might have a sudden attack of Deathbed Gravity Syndrome, and instead say something insipid, like, “All you need is love,” or something phony poetic, like “It is time for that sweet oblivion which awaits us all” or something wildly overdramatic, like “Exeunt omnes, friends and lovers, I shall go it alone from here on.”

From Washington Post

This intimation was, of course, speedily followed by an exeunt omnes.”

From Project Gutenberg

Exeunt Omnes Sir: Plutonius: "Geigers, beware, for Fission and ourselves will wed our forces to spawn a new and fiercer breed of demons."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Exeunt Omnes," cried the Papal master of ceremonies, and all but the Cardinals departed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Coachee flourishes his whip, greys and chestnuts prepare for a run, the reins move, but very gently, there is a parting crack from the whipcord, and the brilliant cavalcade is gone—exeunt omnes!

From Project Gutenberg