dimission

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English

Etymology

From Latin dimissio. See dimit, and compare dismission.

Noun

dimission (countable and uncountable, plural dimissions)

  1. (obsolete) permission to depart; a dismissing
    • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). The Incarnation of our Lord”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. , volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A J Valpy, , published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
      he is come, who is anointed to preach […] dimission to the captives

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “dimission”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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