congé d'élire

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French congé d’élire (“leave to choose”).

Noun

congé d'élire (uncountable)

  1. (Anglicanism) A licence from the Crown in England issued under the great seal to the dean and chapter of the cathedral church of a diocese, authorizing them to elect a bishop or archbishop upon the vacancy of any episcopal see in England.
    • 1966, Owen Chadwick, The Victorian Church, volume 1, page 25, note 2:
      The speed was such that the congé d’élire for Worcester arrived before the funeral of the dead bishop.
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