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Exon Exon of the Guards. Any one of the three certain officers of the day in command of the yeomen of the royal guard; the acting officer who resides at the court; an exempt. Capitaines exempts des gardes du corps. (French, exoine, ex soin, exempt from duty or care.)

Exorbitant means literally out of the rut (Latin, ex orbita, out of the wheel-rut); out of the track; extravagant (extra-vagant).

Exoteric (See Esoteric .)

Expectation Week Between the Ascension and Whit Sunday, when the apostles continued praying "in earnest expectation of the Comforter."

Experimental Philosophy Science founded on experiments or data, in contradistinction to moral and mathematical sciences. Experimental philosophy is also called natural philosophy, and by the French physics.

Experimentum Crucis (Latin). A decisive experiment. (See Crucial .)

Experto Crede Believe one who has had experience in the matter.

Explosion means literally, driven out by clapping the hands (Latin, explodo - i.e. ex-plaudo); hence the noise made by clapping the hands, a report made by ignited gunpowder, etc.

Exponent One who explains or sets forth the views of another. Thus, a clergyman should be the exponent of the Bible and Thirty-nine Articles. (Latin, ex pono, to expose or set forth.)

Exposé (French). An exposing of something which should have been kept out of sight. Thus we say a man made a dreadful exposé - i.e. told or did something which should have been kept concealed.