demission

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This document is now usually styled a "demit," and should specify the good standing of the bearer at the time of his resignation or demission.

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

Chamberlain and Fawcett … are using the opportunity to demand the demission of Hartington and the return of Gladstone.

From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius

What will be the result upon himself, in his future relations to the Order, of such demission, will constitute the subject of the succeeding chapter.

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

Je suis toujours affligée de voir mes amis se retirer de la vie active; mais je comprends les motifs qui vous ont dicté votre demission….

From Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by Laughton, John Knox

His demission of office was almost immediately followed by a relaxation of discipline, and by a looseness in the management of the public business.

From The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion by Dent, John Charles