letter of cachet -
1cachet — 1630s, Scottish borrowing of Fr. cachet seal affixed to a letter or document (16c.), from O.Fr. dialectal cacher to press, crowd, from L. coactare constrain (see CACHE (Cf. cache)). Meaning evolving through (letter under) personal stamp (of the… …
2Cachet — 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… …
3cachet — [ka shā′, kash′ā] n. [Fr < cacher: see CACHE] 1. a seal or stamp on an official letter or document: see also LETTRE DE CACHET 2. any sign of official approval 3. a) a mark or sign showing something is genuine, authentic, or of superior quality …
4cachet, lettre de — ▪ French history (French: “letter of the sign [or signet]”), a letter signed by the king and countersigned by a secretary of state and used primarily to authorize someone s imprisonment. It was an important instrument of administration… …
5cachet — /ka shay , kash ay/; Fr. /kann she /, n., pl. cachets /ka shayz , kash ayz/; Fr. /kann she /. 1. an official seal, as on a letter or document. 2. a distinguishing mark or feature; stamp: Courtesy is the cachet of good breeding. 3. a sign or… …
6cachet — noun /kæˈʃeɪ,ˈkæʃ.eɪ/ a) A special characteristic or quality. I remember when this diner was a quiet hangout, but lately it seems to be losing its cachet. b) A seal, as of a letter. Syn: charm …
7cachet — [17] Cachet was a Scottish borrowing of a French word which originally meant ‘seal affixed to a letter or document’. In the 19th century this developed into the figurative ‘personal stamp, distinguishing characteristic’, which, through its use in …
8cachet — ca•chet [[t]kæˈʃeɪ, ˈkæʃ eɪ[/t]] n. 1) why an official seal, as on a letter or document 2) an official sign of approval 3) cvb superior status; prestige: a job with a certain cachet[/ex] 4) a distinguishing mark or feature 5) pha a hollow wafer… …
9cachet — /ˈkæʃeɪ/ (say kashay), /kæˈʃeɪ/ (say ka shay) noun 1. a seal as on a letter. 2. a distinguishing mark or characteristic. 3. kudos; prestige: *she thought it would give a cachet to her party to have him there –martin boyd, 1946. 4. Pharmaceutical… …
10cachet — [17] Cachet was a Scottish borrowing of a French word which originally meant ‘seal affixed to a letter or document’. In the 19th century this developed into the figurative ‘personal stamp, distinguishing characteristic’, which, through its use in …
