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Webster 1913 Edition

Cachet

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Cach′et

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Noun.
[F. fr.
cacher
to hide.]
A seal, as of a letter.
Lettre de cachet
[F.]
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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.

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