congé

Example Sentences

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He is rather down, poor fellow, as his congé drags on and they seem in no hurry at the Foreign Office to give him another post.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King

Direct nomination by the crown was substituted for the congé d'élire, and remained the practice till the reaction under Mary, when the indefinite system was resumed which had existed before the Reformation.

From History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. by Froude, James Anthony

They conversed, however, for nearly an hour before she rose, and Captain Sengoun gracefully accepted his congé.

From The Dark Star by Stevens, William Dodge

Having given the coyotes their congé, we proceeded to pitch our buffalo-tents.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne