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

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  1. n. A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, of an ecclesiastical council, etc.
  2. n. The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.
  3. 1. A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, of an ecclesiastical council, etc. 2. The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance. Shipley. The king . . . annulled the royal placet. J. P. Peters.
  4. 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.