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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Conge d'Elire

(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.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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