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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let them be recalled from their exile. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou art in exile, and thou must not stay. Shak.

Syn. -- Banishment; proscription; expulsion. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>v. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Calling home our exiled friends abroad. Shak.

Syn. -- See Banish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exilis. ] Small; slender; thin; fine. [ Obs. ] “An exile sound.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. exilement. ] Banishment. [ R. ] Sir. H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to exile or banishment, esp. to that of the Jews in Babylon. Encyc. Dict. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exsilire to spring from; ex out + salire to spring, leap. ] A sudden springing or leaping out. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exilitas: cf. F. exilité. See Exile, a. ] Smallness; meagerness; slenderness; fineness, thinness. [ R. ] Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flexilis. ] Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ , a. } After the exile; specif. (Jewish Hist.), belonging to a period subsequent to the Babylonian captivity or exile (b. c. 597 or about 586-about 537). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A vexillum. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }[ Cf. F. vexillaire, L. vexillarius a standard bearer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the vexillum, or upper petal of papilionaceous flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vexilary aestivation (Bot.), a mode of aestivation in which one large upper petal folds over, and covers, the other smaller petals, as in most papilionaceous plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vexillarius: cf. F. vexillaire. ] A standard bearer. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vexillatio. ] (Rom. Antiq.) A company of troops under one vexillum. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Vexilla [ L., a standard, a flag. ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A flag or standard. (b) A company of troops serving under one standard. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) (a) A banner. (b) The sign of the cross. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower; the standard. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane. [ 1913 Webster ]