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Letters, Dimissorial
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
(Latin: dimittere, to send out)
Testimonial letters given by a bishop or by a competent religious superior to his subjects in order that they may be ordained by another bishop. Such letters testify that the subject has all the qualities demanded by canon law for the reception of the order in question, and request the bishop to whom they are addressed to ordain him.
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Entry for 'Letters, Dimissorial'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​l/letters-dimissorial.html. 1910.