demission

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I hope your Royal Highness will now accept of my demission.

From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. by Thomson, Mrs.

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 Waldo for ever from intercourse with his fellows.

From A Child's Book of Saints by Robinson, T. H. (Thomas Heath)

In view of this I will submit to a demission as the commander-in-chief of the Jastrzeb armed forces, land as well as naval.

From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Soon after, he signed his demission in form.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by Hume, David

Then were Avignon Emigrations, Papal Aristocrats emigrating over the Rhone River; demission of Papal Consul, flight, victory: re-entrance of Papal Legate, truce, and new onslaught; and the various turns of war.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas