readmittancen.

1611 J. Speed tr. Let. in Hist. Great Brit. ix. xix. 713/2 The readmittance of so great a Prelate into your grace.

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 45 An order that nothing should be transacted in their House, untill the Earl of Arundel were restored: upon which instantly ensued the Earls postlimination and readmittance.

1669 Ormonde MSS. in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 104 To order his readmittance and continuance in the..guard of halbertiers.

a1711 T. Ken Urania in Wks. (1721) IV. 480 You give me..Re-admittance to the blissful Throne.

1796 F. Burney Camilla II. iv. 337 Camilla..still continued at her door, supplicating for readmittance in the softest terms.

1879 H. James Confidence II. xxii. 47 He knocked for re-admittance at the door of the inn.

1937 Polit. Sci. Q. 52 61 They were discharged from service and permitted readmittance on acknowledging their fault.

1967 Jrnl. Amer. Acad. Relig. 35 229 Exclusion from the church's fellowship is identical with eschatological condemnation, just as readmittance is equivalent to the repeal of such a judgment.

1997 Warwick Boar 28 Oct. 13/1 They attempted to cajole their way back into the dance hall. The talker of the pair spent 15 minutes conversing with the bouncers in Italian, but unfortunately, this did not gain them readmittance.