demit
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Only last October did he formally demit the Presbyterian ministry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Isnard, repentant of that search on which river-bank Paris stood, declares himself ready to demit.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
Neither will Barbaroux demit; he "has sworn to die at his post, and will keep that oath."
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
Yas suh, dey had to have a demit to go any place outside work hours.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration
But no man is entitled to a demit, unless at the time of demanding it he be in good standing and free from all charges.
From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert G. Mackey
To the public, however, it seemed doubtful whether the Conservatives would be in power when the Indian Viceroyalty actually demitted; and, as a matter of fact, they had resigned before that event took place.
From The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India by William Wilson Hunter
On the 2d of October Mr. McPherson arrived from Canada, and I forthwith demitted the charge.
From Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. by John M'lean
There may be Cones and Piramides of any Matter, which demitted into the water, rest only their Bases.
From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galileo Galilei
Bishop Provoost of New York, after fourteen years of service, demitted his functions in 1801, discouraged about the continuance of the church.
From A History of American Christianity by Leonard Woolsey Bacon
The Experiment of a Cone, demitted with its Base, and after with its Point downwards.
From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galileo Galilei
