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Where does “lettre de cachet” come from?

lettre de cachet (English) comes from French lettre de cachet — lettre de cachet.

lettre de cachet (English): A warrant issued by the monarch in ancien régime...

Definitions

  1. A warrant issued by the monarch in ancien régime...

Ancestry of “lettre de cachet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlettre de cachetlettre de cachet
Every word from French lettre de cachet →