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lettre de cachet (encz) | lettre de cachet, n: |
Lettre de cachet (gcide) | Cachet \Cach"et\, n. [F. fr. cacher to hide.]
A seal, as of a letter.
[1913 Webster]
Lettre de cachet [F.], a sealed letter, especially a letter
or missive emanating from the sovereign; -- much used in
France before the Revolution as an arbitrary order of
imprisonment.
[1913 Webster] Cachexia |
lettre de cachet (wn) | lettre de cachet
n 1: a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could
warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his
seal [syn: cachet, lettre de cachet] |
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Lettre de cachet (gcide) | Cachet \Cach"et\, n. [F. fr. cacher to hide.]
A seal, as of a letter.
[1913 Webster]
Lettre de cachet [F.], a sealed letter, especially a letter
or missive emanating from the sovereign; -- much used in
France before the Revolution as an arbitrary order of
imprisonment.
[1913 Webster] Cachexia |
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