demission
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of demission
1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French < Latin dīmissiōn- (stem of dīmissiō ), equivalent to dīmiss ( us ) ( see dismiss) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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This document is now usually styled a "demit," and should specify the good standing of the bearer at the time of his resignation or demission.
From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert G. Mackey
Chamberlain and Fawcett … are using the opportunity to demand the demission of Hartington and the return of Gladstone.
From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 by Stephen Lucius Gwynn
Then were Avignon Emigrations, Papal Aristocrats emigrating over the Rhone River; demission of Papal Consul, flight, victory: re-entrance of Papal Legate, truce, and new onslaught; and the various turns of war.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
In view of this I will submit to a demission as the commander-in-chief of the Jastrzeb armed forces, land as well as naval.
From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Henryk Sienkiewicz
"She has given her demission," said the courier, pompously.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever
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