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PLACET

Definitions: PLACET

PLACET

Noun

1. The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "PLACET" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Etymology: Placet \Pla"cet\, noun. [Latin expression placet it pleases.]. (Websters 1913)

"PLACET" is a common misspelling or typo for: place, placed, placer, placket, planet.


Synonyms within Context: PLACET

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Commonalty

Phrase: dummodo sit dives barbarus ipse placet.

Discontent

Phrase: that won't do, that will never do, it will never do; curtae nescio quid semper abest rei; ne Jupiter Quidem omnibus placet; "poor in abundance, famished at a feast".

Money

Phrase: barbarus ipse placet dummodo sit dives; "but the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that honor feels"; Gelt regiert die Welt, money makes the world go round; nervos belli pecuniam infinitam; redet Geld so schweigt die Welt; " money is the mother's milk of politics"; money is the root of all evil; money isn't everything; "as phony as a three-dollar bill"; "don't take any wooden nickels".

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: PLACET

Specialty definitions using "PLACET": Q.P. (references)
Non-English Usage: "PLACET" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (agreed, appease, decided, give pleasure to, gives pleasure, is believed, it is agreed, it is pleasing, it is resolved, it seems good, placate, please, reconcile, satisfy, satisfying, settled).

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Commercial Usage: PLACET

DomainTitle

Books

  • L'Universitáa dell'Aquila : dal Placet di Ferrante I d'Aragona alla statizzazione, 1458-1982 (reference)

  • Placet ist ein irrer Ort : Science-Fiction Stories von Lukian bis Bradbury (reference)

  • Si Placet Repertoire of 1480-1530 (Recent Researches in the Music of the Renaissance, Vol 106) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: PLACET

Expression using "PLACET": dummodo sit dives barbarus ipse placet. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PLACET

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

placet

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: PLACET

Language Translations for "PLACET"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

глас на съгласие, глас на одобрение. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

igen szavazat (aye, content). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acetplay

   

Portuguese

  

terra de aluvião. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

голос за. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kabul (acceptance, acceptation, acknowledgement, admission, admittance, agreed, approval, assent, concession, done, drawing room, it's a bargain, o.k., receiving, reception, recognition, thumbs up). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự biểu quyết "đông y". (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: PLACET

LanguageDateSourceRomans Chapter 14, Verse 18
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintO gar en toutoiV douleuwn tw cristw euarestoV tw qew kai dokimoV toiV anqrwpoiV
Latin405VulgateQui enim in hoc servit Christo placet Deo et probatus est hominibus
Old English990West SaxonForþy æghwa þe þeoweð Cristum on þissum wege is Gode gecwemlic and mannum geðafenlic.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd he that in this thing serueth Crist, plesith God, and is proued to men.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleFor whosoever in these thinges serveth Christ pleaseth well God and is commended of men.
Jacobean English1611King JamesFor he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Victorian English1833WebsterFor he that in these things serveth Christ, is acceptable to God, and approved by men.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: PLACET

LanguageRomans Chapter 14, Verse 18
CebuanoSiya nga sa ingon nagaalagad kang Cristo pagakahimut-an sa Dios ug pagauyonan sa mga tawo.
CroatianDa, tko tako Kristu služi, mio je Bogu i cijene ga ljudi.
DanishThi den, som deri tjener Kristus, er velbehagelig for Gud og tækkelig for Menneskene.
DutchWant die Christus in deze dingen dient, is Gode welbehagelijk, en aangenaam den mensen.
FinnishJoka tässä kohden palvelee Kristusta, se on Jumalalle otollinen ja ihmisille kelvollinen.
FrenchCelui qui sert Christ de cette manière est agréable Dieu et approuvé des hommes.
GermanWer darin Christo dient, der ist Gott gefällig und den Menschen wert.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariOrang yang melayani Kristus secara demikian, orang itu menyenangkan hati Allah, dan dihargai oleh orang-orang lain.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaKarena siapa yang taat kepada Kristus di dalam hal itu, maka ialah yang diperkenan oleh Allah dan diindahkan oleh manusia.
Italianchi serve il Cristo in queste cose, è bene accetto a Dio e stimato dagli uomini.
MaoriKo te tangata hoki ko enei hei mahinga mana ki a te Karaiti, ka ahuarekatia ia e te Atua, ka paingia hoki e nga tangata.
Norwegianfor den som heri tjener Kristus, han er velbehagelig for Gud og tekkelig for mennesker.
PortuguesePois quem nisso serve a Cristo agradável é a Deus e aceito aos homens.   
RumanianCine slujewte lui Hristos kn felul acesta, este plqcut lui Dumnezeu wi cinstit de oameni.
ShuarAshí shuar Krístun Núnis umireakui Yussha tura Chíkich shuarsha pénker Enentáimtuiniawai.
SpanishPorque el que en esto sirve a Cristo, agrada a Dios y es aprobado por los hombres.
SwahiliAnayemtumikia Kristo namna hiyo humpendeza Mungu, na kukubaliwa na watu.
SwedishDen som häri tjänar Kristus, han är välbehaglig för Gud och håller provet inför människor.
UmaAne hewa toe-mi petuku' -ta hi Kristus, kehi-ta mpakagoe' nono Alata'ala, pai' doo-ta mpobila' -ta.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: PLACET

Derivations

Words beginning with "PLACET": placets. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "PLACET"

Words rhyming with "PLACET" (pronounced 'Pla"cet'): lancet, tercet, Tucet. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PLACET

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: caplet.

Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-p-t"

-1 letter: clapt, cleat, clept, eclat, epact, leapt, lepta, palet, petal, place, plate, pleat, tepal.

-2 letters: alec, cape, cate, celt, clap, lace, late, leap, lept, pace, pact, pale, pate, peal, peat, pelt, plat, plea, tace, tael, talc, tale, tape, teal, tela, tepa.

-3 letters: ace, act, ale, alp, alt, ape, apt, ate, cap, cat, cel, cep.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-p-t"
 

+1 letter: capelet, caplets, chaplet, ectypal, placate, placets, placket, plectra, plicate, polecat.

 

+2 letters: calotype, calypter, capelets, chaplets, clodpate, clypeate, compleat, conepatl, copulate, cupulate, eucalypt, particle, pectoral, peculate, pentacle, placated, placater, placates, placenta, plackets, planchet, plicated, poetical, polecats, potlache, praelect, prelatic, sceptral, septical, spectral, tieclasp.

 

+3 letters: acropetal, afterclap, analeptic, apiculate, applecart, aspectual, caliphate, calotypes, calypters, capablest, catalepsy, cataplexy, catchpole, chapleted, clodpates, conepatls, copulated, copulates, duplicate, eclamptic, ectoplasm, eucalypti, eucalypts, exculpate, explicate, faceplate, implicate, inculpate, particles, pearlitic, peccantly, pectorals, peculated, peculates, peculator, pentacles, percolate, petechial, petulance, petulancy, placaters, placative, placement, placentae, placental, placentas, planchets, playacted, potlaches, praelects, precoital, replicate, scapolite, sceptical, skeptical, specialty, spectacle, speculate, tailpiece, teacupful, tieclasps.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PLACET


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 4C 41 43 45 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01001100 01000001 01000011 01000101 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#76 &#65 &#67 &#69 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 004C 0041 0043 0045 0054

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

504635373954

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Bible Trace
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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