Demission

And that this demission of our royal authority may have the more full and solemn effect, and none pretend ignorance, we give, grant, and commit, fall and free and plain power to our trusty cousins, Lord Lindesay of the ❋ Unknown (2008)

After the demission of Richardson and Ruckelshaus, Bork voluntarily carried out the order to fire Cox. ❋ Marian (2007)

In one held at Paris in 1239, he procured the establishment of this regulation, that a voluntary demission of a superior, founded upon just reasons, should be accepted. ❋ Alban Butler (N/A)

But certainly a Mason has the "right of demission" [94] and this right, whatever be the opinion of Masonic jurisprudence, according to the inalienable natural rights of man, extends to a complete withdrawal not only from the lodge but also from the brotherhood. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

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 ❋ William Canton (1909)

The only comfort I get out of the whole thing is that imperative necessity must have been driving my little darling -- or she would not put up with any of these things for a moment, and would have given her _demission_ at the same time as she wrote. ❋ Elinor Glyn (1903)

As regards Universal Masonry, when announcing his demission and conversion to an officer of the Lodge, Giordano Bruno, at Palmi, Signor ❋ Arthur Edward Waite (1899)

Now, since his demission from these high functions, Jean Kostka has found that the chief piece of ❋ Arthur Edward Waite (1899)

It would be difficult, however, in the last respect, to discover many more exalted than himself, for before his demission he was Secretary of the Lodge Savonarola of Florence; ❋ Arthur Edward Waite (1899)

Without any formal demission of the ministry, he retired to his literary seclusion at Concord, from which he brought forth in books and lectures the oracular utterances which caught more and more the ear of a wide public, and in which, in casual-seeming parentheses and obiter dicta, Christianity and all practical religion were condemned by sly innuendo and half-respectful allusion by which he might “without sneering teach the rest to sneer.” ❋ 1830-1907 (1897)

[80] One of these hospitable pastors was the Rev. Gurdon Saltonstall, of New London, who twenty years later, as governor of the colony, presided at the debate which followed upon the demission of Rector Cutler. ❋ 1830-1907 (1897)

It appears that Félix Pyat really did give his demission as a member of the Commune, but his colleagues would not accept it. ❋ Unknown (1886)

"De gre ou de force, quand memo il aurait donne sa demission," he had written to ❋ Sara Yorke Stevenson (1884)

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 .... ❋ John Knox Laughton (1872)

'You have yourself forgotten to take from me your demission,' he said. ❋ Bret Harte (1869)

Without any formal demission of the ministry, he retired to his literary seclusion at ❋ Leonard Woolsey Bacon (1868)

But his heart is on her, and he must have her, I suppose; and I shall have to bear her impertinences, or sign my demission and cease to labour for the cause at least in conjunction with Alvan. ❋ George Meredith (1868)

I suppose; and I shall have to bear her impertinences, or sign my demission and cease to labour for the cause at least in conjunction with Alvan. ❋ George Meredith (1868)

[My math teacher] is a [Demisse]. ❋ Peppa Pig Oinks (2020)

Person 1: “Hey did you watch [Demi Lovato]’s [performance] last night?” Person 2: “Yeah! a Demissance is [upon] us” ❋ Violentnympth (2023)

[My math teacher] is a [Demisse]. ❋ Peppa Pig Oinks (2020)