demit
Example Sentences
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Only last October did he formally demit the Presbyterian ministry.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the contrary, Lanjuinais the Breton declares that there is one man who never will demit voluntarily; but will protest to the uttermost, while a voice is left him.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
Isnard, repentant of that search on which river-bank Paris stood, declares himself ready to demit.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
FAUCHET, Abbe, at siege of Bastille, his Te-Deums, his harangue on Franklin, his Cercle Social, in First Parliament, motion by, doffs his insignia, King's death, lamentation, will demit, trial of.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
An authority pregnant to predetermine continental issues for unnumbered years to come, however dread its weight, and however frail and faint his mortal strength, he may not demit.
From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.
