Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dimissory"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Dimissory \Dim"is*so*ry\ (?; 277), a. [L. dimissorius: cf. F.
dimissoire. See {Dimit}.]
Sending away; dismissing to another jurisdiction; granting
leave to depart.

{Letters dimissory} (Eccl.), letters given by a bishop
dismissing a person who is removing into another diocese,
and recommending him for reception there. --Hook.


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