lettre de cachet
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of lettre de cachet
literally: letter with a seal
Example Sentences
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When he was 16 his father secured a lettre de cachet for him, applied it two years later.*
From Time Magazine Archive
The enclosure was a famous place of refuge for insolvent debtors and political offenders, and sheltered Rousseau in 1765 when a lettre de cachet was issued for his arrest.
From The Story of Paris by Kimball, Katherine
And so saying, he produced a lettre de cachet, 160 armed with which the exempts, who were waiting for him, speedily deposited M. de Sainte-Croix at the Bastille.
From John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 by Frith, William Powell
The "lettre de cachet" was utilized, and Father La Combe was landed suddenly and safely in the Bastile.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers by Hubbard, Elbert
Again he was in danger of the lettre de cachet, and so he repaired to Brunswick, where he finished his work "De la Monarchie Prussienne," which was published in 1788.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
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