Definition of Conge

1. Noun. (architecture) a concave molding.

Exact synonyms: Congee
Generic synonyms: Molding, Moulding
Category relationships: Architecture

2. Verb. Perform a ceremonious bow.
Exact synonyms: Congee
Generic synonyms: Bow, Bow Down

3. Noun. Formal permission to depart. "He gave me his conge"
Exact synonyms: Congee
Generic synonyms: License, Permission, Permit

4. Noun. An abrupt and unceremonious dismissal.
Exact synonyms: Congee
Generic synonyms: Discharge, Dismissal, Dismission, Firing, Liberation, Release, Sack, Sacking

Definition of Conge

1. v. i. To take leave with the customary civilities; to bow or courtesy.

Definition of Conge

1. Noun. A concave molding. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To take leave with the customary civilities; to bow or courtesy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Conge

1. permission to depart [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conge

confuzzles
confuzzling
confœderacy
confœderate
confœderated
confœderates
confœderating
confœderation
confœderations
conga
conga line
conga lines
congaed
congaing
congas
conge (current term)
congeable
congeal
congealability
congealable
congealed
congealed salad
congealed salads
congealer
congealers
congealing
congealment
congealments
congeals
conged

Literary usage of Conge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Letters of Queen Margaret of Anjou and Bishop Beckington and Others by Margaret, Thomas Beckington (1863)
"... LETTERS TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND, THAT HE ISSUE A conge D'ELIRE TO THE PRIOR AND CONVENT OF THE MONASTERY OF READING, ON THE DEATH OF ..."

2. An Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain by Jeremy Collier (1840)
"CRAN- elections, but only by a writ of conge d'elire have colours, ... It is therefore enacted, that for the future, no conge d'elire shall be granted, ..."

3. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth by James Anthony Froude (1881)
"... the conge a elire to the <rcim. chapters on the occurrence of a vacancy, which had fallen into desuetude, was again adopted, and the church resumed the ..."

4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1860)
"But the younger Manship conjectured the word conge to be derived from the Latin word ... The opening in question is called the conge, instead of the "Gonge. ..."

5. An Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain, Chiefly of England: From the by Jeremy Collier (1840)
"It is therefore enacted, that for the future, no conge d'elire shall be granted, nor any election be made by the dean and chapter, ..."

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