congé

It is obvious that serious loss might be entailed upon the community, if the patron refrained for some time from granting his congé d’élire.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power

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

On Stratford’s death in 1348 the monks of Christ Church, thinking to please the king, and doubtless also to found a precedent, elected Edward’s chaplain, Thomas Bradwardine, without waiting for the congé d’elire.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by William Hunt

Father will be furious when he knows that I've given Mr. Burroughs his congé, and you'll come into your fortune when you are twenty-one next June.

From A Man of Two Countries by Colista M. Dowling

The letters P.P.C. for pour prendre congé, written at the lower corner of visiting cards, indicate departure from town or from a neighbourhood.

From Manners and Rules of Good Society or Solecisms to be Avoided by Anonymous

They then made me many apologies and congés, stretching forth their hands in token of friendship; in short, they now behaved with as much civility as before with rudeness.

From Memoirs and Historical Chronicles of the Courts of Europe Marguerite de Valois, Madame de Pompadour, and Catherine de Medici by Various

Nominally, the army is about 200,000 men, but it is whispered that numerous congés are given, in order to divert the funds that are thus saved to other objects.

From Recollections of Europe by James Fenimore Cooper

Boiardo did not disdain to assume the style of a minstrel addressing his courtly audience with compliments and congés at the beginning and ending of each canto.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds