English Dictionary

congee

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 廃用 スコットランド英語 古語

Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly): / (obsolete) Formal permission to leave; a passport.

日本語の意味

ある行動を行うために、正式に許可された状態やその許可そのもの / （古語）外出に対する正式な許可書、すなわちパスポートの意味

The officer granted him congee to attend his father's funeral.

上官は彼に父の葬儀に参列するための休暇を与えた。

意味（1）

Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly):

意味（2）

(obsolete) Formal permission to leave; a passport.

意味（3）

(obsolete) Formal dismissal; (figuratively) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.

So courteous conge both did giue and take, With right hands plighted, pledges of good will.

意味（4）

(obsolete) Formal leavetaking; (figuratively) any farewell.

意味（5）

(obsolete, Scotland) A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar.

意味（6）

(archaic) A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.

As salutations, reverences, or conges, by which some doe often purchase the honour, (but wrongfully) to be humble, lowly, and courteous[…].

congees （ plural ）