remissoryadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈmɪs(ə)ri/, U.S.

/rəˈmɪs(ə)ri/,

/riˈmɪs(ə)ri/

Forms: 1500s remissorie, 1500s–1600s 1800s– remissory.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin remissorius.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin remissorius of remission or absolution (from early 12th cent. in British sources), (of a letter) in reply (c1260 in a British source) < classical Latin remiss- , past participial stem of remittere remit v. + -orius -ory suffix².

Tending to, of the nature of, or relating to remission (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [adjective] > freeing from liability or obligation > tending to or of nature of remission

remissory1548

1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. C.vii Propiciatorie, expiatorie, remissorie, or satisfactorie,..signifie al one thynge in effecte.

1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. §46 f An Instrument remissory, is an Instrument vnder the parties hand describing & testifying some precedent contract of a debt, duty or fact to be paid, performed, done, released or discharged.

1655 W. Sheppard President of Presidents i. 2 Some Deeds are of matters of Grants, as Feofments, Gifts, Leases, and the like..; and some are marring, or remissory, and liberatory.

1824 S. R. Meyrick Crit. Inq. into Antient Armour II. 4 The use of these thongs we learn from a letter remissory, dated 1358.

1873 Chambers's Encycl. X. 31/2 Catholics acknowledge in the church a power of dispensing in vows; but this is held to be rather declaratory than remissory.

1933 Times 9 Nov. 11/2 The Treasury counsel accompanied the Police Commissioner to the prison, and, before reading the remissory warrant, informed the appellants that his Excellency had exercised his prerogative of mercy.

1969 K. Setton Hist. Crusades (2006) I. ii. 68 There soon arose a feeling that the martyrs..were able to grant a special remission of sins..and gradually it was believed that the spot where a martyrdom had occurred acquired something of the remissory power.

1995 C. M. N. Eire From Madrid to Purgatory (2002) iii. i. 389 The in genere Remissory inquest (1604), and the in specie Remissory inquest (1609-10) were directed from Rome. More than 400 people—mostly Carmelite nuns—were interviewed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	remissory
释义	remissoryadj. Brit. /rᵻˈmɪs(ə)ri/, U.S. /rəˈmɪs(ə)ri/, /riˈmɪs(ə)ri/ Forms: 1500s remissorie, 1500s–1600s 1800s– remissory. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin remissorius. Etymology: < post-classical Latin remissorius of remission or absolution (from early 12th cent. in British sources), (of a letter) in reply (c1260 in a British source) < classical Latin remiss- , past participial stem of remittere remit v. + -orius -ory suffix². Tending to, of the nature of, or relating to remission (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [adjective] > freeing from liability or obligation > tending to or of nature of remission remissory1548 1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. C.vii Propiciatorie, expiatorie, remissorie, or satisfactorie,..signifie al one thynge in effecte. 1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. §46 f An Instrument remissory, is an Instrument vnder the parties hand describing & testifying some precedent contract of a debt, duty or fact to be paid, performed, done, released or discharged. 1655 W. Sheppard President of Presidents i. 2 Some Deeds are of matters of Grants, as Feofments, Gifts, Leases, and the like..; and some are marring, or remissory, and liberatory. 1824 S. R. Meyrick Crit. Inq. into Antient Armour II. 4 The use of these thongs we learn from a letter remissory, dated 1358. 1873 Chambers's Encycl. X. 31/2 Catholics acknowledge in the church a power of dispensing in vows; but this is held to be rather declaratory than remissory. 1933 Times 9 Nov. 11/2 The Treasury counsel accompanied the Police Commissioner to the prison, and, before reading the remissory warrant, informed the appellants that his Excellency had exercised his prerogative of mercy. 1969 K. Setton Hist. Crusades (2006) I. ii. 68 There soon arose a feeling that the martyrs..were able to grant a special remission of sins..and gradually it was believed that the spot where a martyrdom had occurred acquired something of the remissory power. 1995 C. M. N. Eire From Madrid to Purgatory (2002) iii. i. 389 The in genere Remissory inquest (1604), and the in specie Remissory inquest (1609-10) were directed from Rome. More than 400 people—mostly Carmelite nuns—were interviewed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1548
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