congé

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"Then give that girl her congé, give her a dot too, send her abroad and let her marry some count."

From The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident by Saltus, Edgar

Left to herself, she would make light of such a suitor, and give him his congé with a brusque promptitude.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

After the death of Abbess Agnes Gascoigne in July 1529, the nineteen nuns of Elstow, having received Henry VIII’s congé d’élire, assembled in their chapter house on August 9th, to elect her successor.

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

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

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