Search Result for "lettre de cachet":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]