APOSTLES
Categories: Property
Definition (1910 Edition)
DIMISSORY LETTERS. Where a can- ‘didate for holy orders has a title of ordination in one diocese in England, and 1!s to be ordained in another, the bishop of the former diocese gives letters dimissory to the bishop, of the latter to enable him to ordain the candidate. Holthouse.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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