demit
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Only last October did he formally demit the Presbyterian ministry.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
To demit from a lodge is to resign one's membership, on which occasion a certificate of good standing and a release from all dues is given to the applicant, which is technically called a demit.
From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert G. Mackey
So that La Mettrie had to demit; to get out of France rather in a hurry, lest worse befell.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 16 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
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
To the public, however, it seemed doubtful whether the Conservatives would be in power when the Indian Viceroyalty actually demitted; and, as a matter of fact, they had resigned before that event took place.
From The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India by William Wilson Hunter
On the 2d of October Mr. McPherson arrived from Canada, and I forthwith demitted the charge.
From Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. by John M'lean
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
By a Joint Demarcation Commission in 1868 the Russo Chinese boundary in respect to Uriankhai was demitted and eight wooden boundary posts were erected to mark their respective frontiers.
From The Fight For The Republic in China by B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale
