Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An expressed sanction: permission given by one in authority; specifically, sanction granted to the promulgation and execution of an ecclesiastical ordinance, and particularly such sanction granted by a sovereign to papal bulls, briefs, and other edicts.
- n. A vote of assent in a council; a vote of the governing body in a university.
Wiktionary
- n. A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
- n. The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, of an ecclesiastical council, etc.
- n. The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.
Etymologies
- Latin it is pleasing, inflection of placeō ("I am pleasing"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“_Quod regi placet, id mihi quoque placet_; "Whatsoever pleaseth the king, that also pleaseth me.”
“placet," taken measures to restrict mortmain (which exempted Church property from taxation), and had obtained the right to designate bishops.”
“Keeping silence so as not to irritate the murderous regime in Iran is placet approval.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Varieties of Realism and Idealism in the Obama Administration:
“Si occidere placet, ferrum meum vides, si verberibus contenta es, curro nudus ad poenam.”
“A common humour it is of all men to think well of other men's fortunes, and dislike their own: [1768] Cui placet alterius, sua nimirum est odio sors; but [1769] qui fit Mecoenas, &c., how comes it to pass, what's the cause of it?”
“Quibus omnis in armis vita placet, non ulla juvat nisi morte, nec ullam esse putant vitam, quae non assueverit armis.”
“Ennius in Menelippe adviseth thee as a friend to take statam formam, si vis habere incolumem pudicitiam, one of a middle size, neither too fair nor too foul, [6270] Nec formosa magis quam mihi casta placet, with old Cato, though fit let her beauty be, neque lectissima, neque illiberalis, between both.”
“Qualis in oculis hominum qui inversis pedibus ambulat, talis in oculis sapientum et angelorum qui sibi placet, aut cui passiones dominantur.”
“Animus enim aspirat ut eo fruator, et formam boni habet et praecipue videtur et placet.”
“[4992] Nec mihi cincta Diana placet, nec nuda Cythere,”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘placet’.
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phrontistery - p
from phrontistery.info
pabouche, pabulous, pabulum, pacable, pace, pachydermia, pachyglossal, pachymeter, pachynsis, paciferous, pacificate, pactolian and 1766 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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Brochettes of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for words or phrases that haven't yet found a place in one or more of my other lists.
nonexclusivity, adaptationist, paxillin, adduct, unblushingly cribbed, ptomaïne, microsievert, millisievert, too big to jail, tastemaker, tinsmithing, Nimzo-Indian and 1616 more...
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The word collector
My collection of words that are intriguing, but don't fit my other lists.
snailery, aplasia, postulant, aigrette, caravel, frigate, capeskin, suffusion, schist, varlet, sepulchral, anisotropy and 317 more...
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A few of my favorite definitions from...
I'm especially fond of ones written by Charles Sanders Peirce.
theodolite, illusion, buckie, frank, abstract-concrete, semidiagrammatic, object-object, vortex-filament, dod, parrock, cobler, weather-box and 354 more...
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