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dimissory

dimissory adjective: granting permission to be ordained.

Adjective

dimissory (comparative more dimissory, superlative most dimissory)

  1. Granting permission to be ordained.
    • a bishop's dimissory letter
  2. Granting permission to depart.

Forms of dimissory

comparativemore dimissory
superlativemost dimissory

Origin of dimissory

From Latin dimissorius. Compare dimit.

Questions about dimissory

What does dimissory mean?
Dimissory means granting permission to be ordained.
What part of speech is dimissory?
Dimissory is an adjective.

Words near dimissory in the dictionary

  1. dimiracetam
  2. dimish
  3. dimission
  4. dimissions
  5. dimissorial
  6. dimissory
  7. dimit
  8. Dimitar
  9. dimitic
  10. dimities
  11. Dimitra

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