dimissory

[ dim-uh-sawr-ee, -sohr-ee ]

adjective

1. dismissing or giving permission to depart.

dimissory

/ dɪˈmɪsərɪ /

adjective

1. granting permission to be ordained

   a bishop's dimissory letter

2. granting permission to depart

Word History and Origins

Origin of dimissory¹

1425–75; late Middle English: a dimissory letter < Late Latin dīmissōrius, equivalent to Latin dīmitt ( ere ) to send away, release ( demit ¹, demit ² ) + -tōrius -tory ¹

Example Sentences

He therefore gave his candidates dimissory letters to the Bishop of Lincoln.

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And that will give letters dimissory to your members, to depart from you to the Churches of the Anabaptists?

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Dimissory, dim′is-or-i, adj. sending away or giving leave to depart to another jurisdiction.

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