demit

Only last October did he formally demit the Presbyterian ministry.

From Time Magazine Archive

With these restrictions and qualifications, it cannot be doubted that every Master Mason has a right to demit from his lodge at his own pleasure.

From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert G. Mackey

FAUCHET, Abbe, at siege of Bastille, his Te-Deums, his harangue on Franklin, his Cercle Social, in First Parliament, motion by, doffs his insignia, King's death, lamentation, will demit, trial of.

From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle

Isnard, repentant of that search on which river-bank Paris stood, declares himself ready to demit.

From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle

A few Grand Lodges have denied the right of a Mason permanently to demit from the Order.

From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert G. Mackey

I am particularly at leisure, having demitted all care of the farm to Mr. Charles, and committed all the income thereof to him, down to the smallest hen's-egg.

From Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter by Mary Elizabeth Dewey

Bishop Provoost of New York, after fourteen years of service, demitted his functions in 1801, discouraged about the continuance of the church.

From A History of American Christianity by Leonard Woolsey Bacon

If her Grace had willingly demitted the same, as her Highness did not, her Highness could not have nominated the said Earl of Murray Regent, for there were others to have been preferred to him.

From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various

Mr. Gladstone demitted office, and then it behoved the students of the University to cast about for a worthy successor.

From On the Choice of Books by Thomas Carlyle

There may be Cones and Piramides of any Matter, which demitted with the Point downwards do float atop.

From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galileo Galilei