CONGE • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Conge

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

Listen

noun

Conge n. (Formerly written congie)

The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal. "Should she pay off old Briggs and give her her congé?"

The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a courtesy. "The captain salutes you with congé profound."

(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.

verb

Conge v. i. To take leave with the customary civilities; to bow ceremoniously, or courtesy. "I have congeed with the duke, done my adieu with his nearest."

See images of 'Conge'

Etymology of 'Conge'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

"Conge" Quotes from Famous Books

... men in the kingdom: to the clergy, to the barons, and to the people. The freedom of elections was secured to the clergy; the former charter of the King was confirmed, by which the necessity of a royal conge d'elire and confirmation was superseded; all check upon appeals to Rome was removed, by the allowance granted every man to depart the kingdom at pleasure, and the fines to be imposed on the clergy, for any offence, were ordained to be proportional to ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume VI. • Various

... downe in the chaire wrapt in fine cloathes ... then comes [the barber] out with his fustian eloquence, and making a low conge, saith: ...

— The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare • J. J. Jusserand

... ought to know your sister best; but if the lad has spoken to her, Lena is not the girl to stand his getting his conge ...

— The Three Brides • Charlotte M. Yonge

... get away, that it was securely locked. Good God! was I to be burned like a rat in a trap? All was quiet save the crackling of the flames as they licked up the depot. Something must be done and quickly at that, or there would be one operator who would receive his conge in a manner that was anything but pleasant. Feverishly, I groped around, and all at once my hand came in contact with the Winchester rifle. I grasped it by the barrel, and using it as a battering ram ...

— Danger Signals • John A. Hill and Jasper Ewing Brady

... New Jersey on the ferry, leaving her always on the tiny front porch, after she had gone in and lit the gas to use the security of his masculine presence outside. This grew to be a ceremony—and it annoyed him. Whenever the comfortable glow fell out through the front windows, that was his CONGE; yet he never suggested coming in and Marjorie didn't ...

— Flappers and Philosophers • F. Scott Fitzgerald

More quotes...