conjee
conjee is the alternative spelling of congee.
Meaning of congee
Noun
congee (countable and uncountable, plural congees)
- Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly)
- Formal permission to leave; a passport.
- Formal dismissal; (figurative) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.
- So courteous conge both did giue and take,
With right hands plighted, pledges of good will.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- So courteous conge both did giue and take,
- Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell.
- A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar.
- A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.
- As salutations, reverences, or conges, by which some doe often purchase the honour, (but wrongfully) to be humble, lowly, and courteous[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
Forms of conjee
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Phrases with conjee
Questions about conjee
- What is conjee the alternative spelling of?
- Conjee is the alternative spelling of congee.
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