lettre de cachet

Noun

Meaning

a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

cachet seal

Hypernyms

warrant

Examples

Lettre de cachet to avoid scandal to touch high-placed accomplices). Source: Internet

Victims of Lettre de cachet * Charles Simon Favart (because a nobleman was interested in his wife) * Luke Joseph Hooke (deprived of his academic chair in theology for awarding a Ph. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Letto- lettor lettre lettre de creance Lettrism lettrist