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placet
CIDE DICTIONARY
placet, n. [L. placet it pleases.].
- A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, of an ecclesiastical council, etc. [1913 Webster]
- The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance. Shipley. [1913 Webster]"The king . . . annulled the royal placet." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
placet, n. an affirmative vote in a church or university assembly.
Etymology
L, = it pleases
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