placet
A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etcA vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
Meaning
2 sensesA vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
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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