Meaning

2 senses
  1. A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.

  2. The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.

    1882, J. P. Peter (translator), Political History of Recent Times, 1816-1875: With Special Reference to Germany originally by Wilhelm Müller The king […] annulled the royal placet.

Origin

Latin placet (“it is pleasing”), inflection of placeō (“to be pleasing”).

Latin placet (“it is pleasing”), inflection of placeō (“to be pleasing”).

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Forms

plural: placets
Singularplacet
Pluralplacets

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatednon placet

See also

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