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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.

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Etymology of 'Conge'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Conge" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Les avertissant qu'il ne leur donneroit conge de se departir jusques a ce qu'ils y eussent donne ordre." Letter of the Sieur du Mortier, French amb. at Rome, to the Bp. of Rennes, Aug. 9, 1561, apud Le Laboureur, Additions to Castelnau, i. 730. This authority would seem to ...

— The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) • Henry Martyn Baird

... out to Joyce that the fact of her thus leaving the Court before the expiration of her visit might suggest itself to some people in a very unpleasant light. They might say she had come to the end of her welcome there—been given her conge, in fact—on account of that luckless adventure with her ...

— April's Lady - A Novel • Margaret Wolfe Hungerford

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