admission

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ADMISS'ION, noun [Latin admissio.] 1. The act or practice of admitting, as the admission of aliens into our country; also, the state of being admitted. 2. Admittancep power or permission to enter; entrance; access; power to approach; as, our laws give to foreigners easy admission to the rights of citizens; the admission of a clerk to a benefice. 3. Allowance; grant of an argument or position not fully proved.
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