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Webster 1913 Edition


Dimissory

Dim′is-so-ry

(?; 277)
,
Adj.
[L.
dimissorius
: cf. F.
dimissoire
. See
Dimit
.]
Sending away; dismissing to another jurisdiction; granting leave to depart.
Letters dimissory
(Eccl.)
,
letters given by a bishop dismissing a person who is removing into another diocese, and recommending him for reception there.
Hook.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dimissory

DIMISSORY

,
Adj.
[L. See Dismiss.]
1.
Sending away; dismissing to another jurisdiction. A letter dimissory, is one given by a bishop to a candidate for holy orders, having a title in his diocese, directed to some other bishop, and giving leave for the bearer to be ordained by him.
2.
Granting leave to depart.

Definition 2024


dimissory

dimissory

English

Adjective

dimissory (comparative more dimissory, superlative most dimissory)

  1. Granting permission to be ordained.
    A bishop's dimissory letter.
  2. Granting permission to depart.