'Lettre de cachet' definitions:
Definition of 'lettre de cachet'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
Definition of 'Lettre de cachet'
From: 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