To send away formally or to grant official permission for someone to leave; an archaic form of dismiss.
From Latin dimittere 'to send away' (di- 'away' + mittere 'to send'). This short form is primarily found in ecclesiastical Latin used within the church.
Dimit appears in Latin phrases like 'dimit in pace' (departs in peace), used in liturgical contexts—it's the verb that gave us all the dimiss- words, but it's rarely used in English directly.
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