Literary notes about Expulsion (AI summary)
Writers employ “expulsion” in a range of contexts, from literal removals in historical and political narratives to metaphorical purgings in religious and allegorical discourse. In historical accounts, the term conveys the forceful ousting of peoples or rulers, as seen in discussions of the expulsion of the Latins, the Jesuits, and various tyrants [1][2][3]. In classical writings, it marks significant turning points—the expulsion of kings from power or ethnic groups from dominions, suggesting both renewal and dramatic transition [4][5]. Beyond history, “expulsion” emerges in natural and social realms: it describes the bodily process of ejecting waste [6], institutional punishments in academic and fraternal orders [7][8], and even ritualistic cleansings in cultural traditions [9][10]. Thus, the word spans an extensive semantic field, linking the physical act of ejection with symbolic rebirth and societal transformation.
- The Second.—Louis The Ninth Of France; And The Two Last Crusades.—Expulsion Of The Latins Or Franks By The Mamelukes.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - There is nothing that I should see, nothing that I should hear, with more pleasure, than the expulsion of Athanasius from all Egypt.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - Arandía’s most popular act of government was the expulsion of the Chinese from the provinces, and in large part from the city.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows - These were the transactions at home and abroad the first year after the expulsion of the kings.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy - Whether by the expulsion of kings has dominion been acquired for you or equal liberty for all?
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy - This nutritive operation hath four other subordinate functions or powers belonging to it—attraction, retention, digestion, expulsion.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Margaret might afford to be serene, but to this girl expulsion from school had evidently been a sad trouble.
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant - To speak disrespectfully of any Woman, is Expulsion from our gentle Society.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - It was called the “expulsion of hunger.”
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer - Certain seasons of the year mark themselves naturally out as appropriate moments for a general expulsion of devils.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer
