dimissory noun & adjective. ['dɪmɪs(ǝ)ri] Also demissory. LME.
[Late Latin dimissorius (in litterae dimissoriae), formed as DIMISS, -ORY².]
A. noun. In pl. = letters dimissory. LME-E18.
b. adjective.
1. Pertaining to leave-taking; valedictory. Long rare. L16.

2. letters dimissory, dimissory letter, a letter or licence from a bishop etc. authorizing the bearer as a candidate for ordination by another bishop. L16.

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