资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cong'e \Con`g['e]"\ (?; E. ?; 277), n. [F., leave, permission,
   fr. L. commeatus a going back and forth, a leave of absence,
   furlough, fr. commeare, -meatum, to go and come; com- + meare
   to go. Cf. {Permeate}.] [Formerly written {congie}.]
   1. The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also,
      dismissal.

            Should she pay off old Briggs and give her her
            cong['e]?                             --Thackeray.

   2. The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a
      courtesy.

            The captain salutes you with cong['e] profound.
                                                  --Swift.

   3. (Arch.) An apophyge. --Gwilt.

   {Cong['e] d'['e]lire}[F., leave to choose] (Eccl.), the
      sovereign's license or permission to a dean and chapter to
      choose as bishop the person nominated in the missive.