Lexic.us

Definition of Cachet

1. Noun. An indication of approved or superior status.

2. Noun. A warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal.

3. Noun. A seal on a letter.

Definition of Cachet

1. n. A seal, as of a letter.

Definition of Cachet

1. Noun. A special characteristic or quality. ¹

2. Noun. (archaic) A seal, as of a letter. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cachet

1. to print a design on an envelope [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Cachet

1. A seal-shaped capsule or wafer for enclosing powders of disagreeable taste. Origin: Fr. A seal (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cachet

cacheable cachectic cachectic diarrhoea cachectic endocarditis cachectic fever cachectic oedema cachectic pallor cachectin cached cacheless

cachepot cachepots cacher cachers caches cachet (current term) cacheted cacheting cachets cachexia

cachexia aphthosa cachexia aquosa cachexia hypophyseopriva cachexia strumipriva cachexia thyroidea cachexia thyropriva cachexias cachexic cachexies cachexin

Literary usage of Cachet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1898)
"Although it is commonly believed that the employment of lettres de cachet was largely confined to affairs of state, yet this is far from the truth. ..."

2. Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources by James Harvey Robinson (1906)
"Protest of a French court of law against lettres tie cachet (1770). CHAPTER XXXIV THE EVE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION I. THE ANCIEN REGIME The abuses of ..."

3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"(A, WR) LETTRES DE cachet. Considered solely as French documents, lettres de cachet may be defined as letters signed by the king of France, countersigned by ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1904)
"That any Frenchman might be deprived of his liberty by a lettre de cachet, an administrative order under the privy seal, is perhaps the most generally known ..."

5. The Old Régime: Courts, Salons, and Theatres by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1880)
"The Last Lettre-de-cachet.—" Les Droits de l'Homme."—" La Couronne me Gene."—The Young King and Queen.—The Queen's Coiffeur.—Hurrying on to Perdition. ..."

6. The Old Régime: Court, Salons, and Theatres by Elliot Jackson, Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1896)
"L'lle des Peupliers. — The End of the Old Regime. \EAU REGNE qui commence par une lettre-de-cachet" said Madame du Barry, when, with the politest of bows, ..."

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