Found 2 items, similar to lettre de cachet.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: lettre de cachet lettre de cachet n : a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal [syn: cachet]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Lettre de cachet Cachet \Cach"et\, n. [F. fr. cacher to hide.] A seal, as of a letter. [1913 Webster] Lettre de cachet [F.], a sealed letter, especially a letter or missive emanating from the sovereign; -- much used in France before the Revolution as an arbitrary order of imprisonment. [1913 Webster] ||