Cachet

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:18:06

Cach"et (?), n. [F. fr. cacher to hide.]

A seal, as of a letter.

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.

 

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