dimissory
Meaning of dimissory
adjective
(in the Christian Church) denoting formal permission from a bishop ( letters dimissory ) for a person from one diocese to be ordained in another, or (formerly) for an ordained person to leave one diocese for another.
late Middle English (as a plural noun): from late Latin dimissorius, from dimiss- ‘sent away’, from the verb dimittere . The adjective dates from the late 16th century, the original sense being ‘valedictory’.
Information about dimissory
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of dimissory
dimis-sory
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- dimissory is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with dimissory
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