demission
Example Sentences
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Deep was the grief of the brethren of Three Fountains when they were summoned to attend the sacred office of demission which was to shut out Waldo for ever from intercourse with his fellows.
From A Child's Book of Saints by T. H. (Thomas Heath) Robinson
Then were Avignon Emigrations, Papal Aristocrats emigrating over the Rhone River; demission of Papal Consul, flight, victory: re-entrance of Papal Legate, truce, and new onslaught; and the various turns of war.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
“I should like my demission from the army,” said Briónes.
From Devil Stories An Anthology by Various
Her soul from earth to Heaven lies, Like the ladder of the vision, Whereon go To and fro, In ascension and demission, Star-flecked feet of Paradise.
From Poems by Francis Thompson
"She has given her demission," said the courier, pompously.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever
