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† dimission Obs.|daɪˈmɪʃən|
[ad. L. dīmissiōn-em, n. of action from dīmittĕre to send away, dismiss, etc.]
1. The action of giving up or relinquishing; resignation, abdication; = demission2 1.
1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 548, I swere..that I shall neuer repugne to this resygnacion, dymyssyon or yeldynge vp. 1568Queen Elizabeth Let. 8 June in Love-lett. Mary Q. Scots App. 31 She..was..compelled to make a dimission of her crown.
2. Conveyance by lease; = demise n. 1.
1495Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 9. §2 All maner of leasses dymyssions made. Ibid. c. 33 §17 Any graunte or lesse made by..lettres patentes of dimission.
3. Sending away, dismission, dismissal, discharge.
1530in Froude Hist. Eng. (1856) II. 82 Under sureties..that he should appear the first day of the next term..and then day by day until his dimission. a1555Bradford in Coverdale Lett. Mart. (1564) 307 It is..a deliueraunce from bondage and prison, a dimission from warre. 1633Bp. Hall Hard Texts 620 This common dimission of your wives. 1736T. Lediard Life Marlborough I. 106 The King..sent him a Dimission of all his Employs, and forbid him the Court. 1823Southey Hist. Penins. War I. 44 Whosoever..left the University without a letter of dimission. |