demission

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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 Thompson, Francis

"De gre ou de force, quand memo il aurait donne sa demission," he had written to General Bazaine.*

From Maximilian in Mexico A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862-1867 by Stevenson, Sara Yorke

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

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 Robinson, T. H. (Thomas Heath)

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 Carlyle, Thomas