lettres de cachet

Variant of lettre de cachet

lettre de cachet definition

let·tre de ca·chet (le tr' də kȧ s̸hā′)

a sealed letter; esp., in France before the Revolution, a letter containing a royal warrant for the imprisonment without trial of a specified person

Etymology: Fr

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