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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.
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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.