demission

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"She has given her demission," said the courier, pompously.

From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James

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.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban

What will be the result upon himself, in his future relations to the Order, of such demission, will constitute the subject of the succeeding chapter.

From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.

In the latter, as in the former case, what we have is merely the demission to the determination of the court of the question whether certain acts and claims are consistent with law.

From The Future of International Law by Oppenheim, L. (Lassa)

Her soul from earth to Heaven lies, Like the ladder of the vision, Whereon go To and fro, In ascension and demission, Star-flecked feet of Paradise.

From Poems by Thompson, Francis