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Conge   Listen
noun
Conge  n.  (Formerly written congie)  
1.
The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal. "Should she pay off old Briggs and give her her congé?"
2.
The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a courtesy. "The captain salutes you with congé profound."
3.
(Arch.) An apophyge.
Congé d'élire (Eccl.), the sovereign's license or permission to a dean and chapter to choose as bishop the person nominated in the missive.





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"Conge" Quotes from Famous Books



... think that the poor man has a right to receive his conge from you. You cannot break with him without a word of explanation. Perhaps—you may not find it so ...
— The Yellow Crayon • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... indicated the substantial accuracy of the poem. On one point Browning erred; it was not a day's holiday to be spent with his wife "la Belle Aurore" which the Breton sailor petitioned for as the reward of his service, but a "conge absolu," the holiday of a life-time. In acknowledging his error to Dr Furnivall, and adding an explanation of its cause, he dismissed the subject with the word, "Truth above all things; so treat the matter as ...
— Robert Browning • Edward Dowden


Words linked to "Conge" :   moulding, sack, sacking, dismissal, license, architecture, liberation, discharge, bow, molding, permit, permission, firing, congee


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