non placet

American  

[non pley-sit] / nɒn ˈpleɪ sɪt /

noun

1. (especially in a church or university assembly) an expression or vote of dissent or disapproval.

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Etymology

Origin of non placet

First recorded in 1580–90, non placet is from Latin nōn placet “it is not pleasing”

Example Sentences

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non placet

The question of infallibility was put to the Council and 535 voted placet; 2 voted non placet.

From Time Magazine Archive

When his name was called, he answered with a firm non placet, thereby assuring himself a footnote in the history of the church.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the whole was put to the vote, no non placet was given, whilst there were eighty-three placets juxta modum.

From Pius IX. And His Time by Dawson, Æneas MacDonell

When the Vice-Chancellor put the third, the Proctors rose, and the senior Proctor, Mr. Guillemard of Trinity, stopped it in the words, Nobis procuratoribus non placet.

From The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 by Church, R. W. (Richard William)

There were 371 who voted simply placet, sixty-one placet juxta modum, i.e. with certain modifications, and eighty-eight non placet.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.