congé
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I was so sure of my dismissal, that when I returned to the house from the shore I expected some sort of lettre de congé; but I found nothing.
From The High Heart by Basil King
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
When I refuse to allow him to marry my daughter, I must give him his congé at the same time.'
From Lover or Friend by Rosa Nouchette Carey
"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 Edgar Saltus
And then, perhaps considering that she had been sufficiently amiable to him, she gave him his congé with a pleasant little nod.
From The Crimson Tide A Novel by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
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
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
