demit

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Tulchan system by abolishing the Episcopate and requiring all bishops to demit their office and give in their submission to the provincial synods.

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  1. transitive verb To relinquish (an office or function).
  2. transitive verb Archaic To dismiss.
  3. intransitive verb To give up an office or position; resign.

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  • Don Wheby will demit office as Minister without Portfolio at the end of July. —  Jamaica Information Service
  • Speaking after the judge's ruling was handed down, Rowley said now that the court had ruled he expected "people to do the decent thing and demit office," in a veiled reference to the commission's board members. —  newsday.co.tt
  • One immediate consequence of the defeat for the government is mounting calls for Badawi, who has promised earlier to demit office by June 2010, to quit immediately. —  My Sinchew -
  • As Mr Jagdeo prepares to celebrate his tenth year as president, an office that he must demit in two year's time, he is deeply concerned about how he will be remembered. —  Stabroek News
  • Sir Kenneth had advised me in July of last year of his desire, for health reasons, to demit office in October. —  Jamaica - Full Feed
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English dimitten, to release, from Old French demettre, from Latin dīmittere : dis-, away; see dis- + mittere, to send.

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  1. from Latin demittere, past participle demissus, send down, drop down, cast down, lower, let fall, from de, down, + mittere, send: see mission, and cf. admit, commit, emit, etc. Cf. also demit = dimit.
  2. = Old French demetre, desmetre, desmettre, French démettre = Provencal demetre = Spanish Portuguese dimitir = Italian dimettere, from Latin dimittere, send away, dismiss, let go, release, from di-, dis-, away, apart, + mittere, send. Cf. dimit, a doublet of demit, and scc dismiss, etc.
 

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