English Explanatory Dictionary

lettre de cachet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A warrant issued by the monarch in ancien régime France, especially one which imprisons someone without trial.

Word forms

lettre de cachet lettres de cachet

Etymology

From French lettre de cachet.

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