congé
Example Sentences
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Merely to say that they were an itinerant company of actors and actresses would be sufficient to ensure them a speedy congé from Blanford.
From His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts by Wells, David Dwight
Poor girl; I pitied her from the bottom of my heart, and went straight back to my place to give the little godmother her congé.
From Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse by Various
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
On the vacancy of a see, the cathedral chapter applied to the crown for a congé d'élire.
From History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. by Froude, James Anthony
As she ceases speaking she turns back again to the contemplation of the fire, as though desirous of giving him his congé.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
