DIMISSORY LETTERS
\dˈɪmɪsəɹˌi lˈɛtəz], \dˈɪmɪsəɹˌi lˈɛtəz], \d_ˈɪ_m_ɪ_s_ə_ɹ_ˌi l_ˈɛ_t_ə_z]\
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In the ancient Church : L. to clergy about to leave one diocese and settle in another, granting the bishop's leave to depart.
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In the Church of England now, D. L. are a licence from a bishop in whose diocese a candidate for holy orders has a title to another bishop, granting leave to ordain. Dimissoriae), Roman law, a written notice, remitting a case to a superior judge
By Henry Percy Smith
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].