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Congé dʹElire

(Norman - French, leave to elect). A royal warrant given to the dean and chapter of a diocese to elect the person nominated by the Crown to their vacant see.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Concord is Strength
Concordat
Condign
Condottieri
Confederate States
Confederation of the Rhine
Confession
Confiscate
Confusion Worse Confounded
Congé
Congé dElire
Congleton Bears
Congregationalists
Congreve Rockets
Congreves
Conjugal
Conjuring Cap
Connecticut
Connubialis de Muloibre fecit Apellem
Conqueror
Conqueror’s Nose (A)

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Congé d'élire