Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Relinquishment of an office or function.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A laying or letting down; relinquishment; resignation; transference.
- noun A lowering; degradation; depression.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of demitting, or the state of being demitted; a letting down; a lowering; dejection.
- noun Scot. Resignation of an office.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic
Resignation ;abdication .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And that this demission of our royal authority may have the more full and solemn effect, and none pretend ignorance, we give, grant, and commit, fall and free and plain power to our trusty cousins, Lord Lindesay of the
The Abbot 2008
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After the demission of Richardson and Ruckelshaus, Bork voluntarily carried out the order to fire Cox.
Boomers! Marian 2007
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After the demission of Richardson and Ruckelshaus, Bork voluntarily carried out the order to fire Cox.
Rightwing People of color Marian 2006
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In one held at Paris in 1239, he procured the establishment of this regulation, that a voluntary demission of a superior, founded upon just reasons, should be accepted.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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But certainly a Mason has the "right of demission" [94] and this right, whatever be the opinion of Masonic jurisprudence, according to the inalienable natural rights of man, extends to a complete withdrawal not only from the lodge but also from the brotherhood.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Deep was the grief of the brethren of Three Fountains when they were summoned to attend the sacred office of demission which was to shut out
A Child's Book of Saints William Canton 1909
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The only comfort I get out of the whole thing is that imperative necessity must have been driving my little darling -- or she would not put up with any of these things for a moment, and would have given her _demission_ at the same time as she wrote.
Man and Maid Elinor Glyn 1903
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As regards Universal Masonry, when announcing his demission and conversion to an officer of the Lodge, Giordano Bruno, at Palmi, Signor
Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer Arthur Edward Waite 1899
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Now, since his demission from these high functions, Jean Kostka has found that the chief piece of
Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer Arthur Edward Waite 1899
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It would be difficult, however, in the last respect, to discover many more exalted than himself, for before his demission he was Secretary of the Lodge Savonarola of Florence;
Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer Arthur Edward Waite 1899
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