LETTRE DE CACHET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lettre de cachet mean? 

• LETTRE DE CACHET (noun)
  The noun LETTRE DE CACHET has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: LETTRE DE CACHET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LETTRE DE CACHET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

cachet; lettre de cachet

Hypernyms ("lettre de cachet" is a kind of...):

warrant (a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)