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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Placet \Pla"cet\, n. [L. placet it pleases.] 1. A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, of an ecclesiastical council, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance. --Shipley. [1913 Webster] The king . . . annulled the royal placet. --J. P. Peters. [1913 Webster]