What does "placet" mean?

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

Placet

//ˈpleɪsɛt// intj, noun

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Definitions

Noun

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."

Intj

1
Expression of assent to a vote in the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.

Antonyms

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non placet

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"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."

Etymology

Latin placet (“it is pleasing”), inflection of placeō (“I am pleasing”).

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