† dimission Obs.
(daɪˈmɪʃən)
[ad. L. dīmissiōn-em, n. of action from dīmittĕre to send away, dismiss, etc.]
1. The action of giving up or relinquishing; resignation, abdication; = demission2 1.
| 1494 Fabyan Chron. vii. 548, I swere..that I shall neuer repugne to this resygnacion, dymyssyon or yeldynge vp. 1568 Queen Elizabeth Let. 8 June in Love-lett. Mary Q. Scots App. 31 She..was..compelled to make a dimission of her crown. |
2. Conveyance by lease; = demise n. 1.
| 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 9. §2 All maner of leasses dymyssions made. Ibid. c. 33 §17 Any graunte or lesse made by..lettres patentes of dimission. |
3. Sending away, dismission, dismissal, discharge.
| 1530 in Froude Hist. Eng. (1856) II. 82 Under sureties..that he should appear the first day of the next term..and then day by day until his dimission. a 1555 Bradford in Coverdale Lett. Mart. (1564) 307 It is..a deliueraunce from bondage and prison, a dimission from warre. 1633 Bp. Hall Hard Texts 620 This common dimission of your wives. 1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough I. 106 The King..sent him a Dimission of all his Employs, and forbid him the Court. 1823 Southey Hist. Penins. War I. 44 Whosoever..left the University without a letter of dimission. |