placet means expression of assent to a vote in the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
placet is pronounced /ˈpleɪsɛt/.
Why “placet” is a great word
PLACET — [Interjection] A formal declaration of assent cast in an academic or ecclesiastical vote. From the Latin placet ("it is pleasing"), the third-person singular present indicative of placeō ("to be pleasing"). Unlike "aye" (a general affirmative in any deliberative hall) or "approbation" (a broad official sanction), placet is the specific, resonant click of the machinery of tradition. It is the dry utterance in a university senate that approves a doctrine, the murmured word from a shadowed choir stall that consecrates a bishop, and the single syllable inscribed in a margin granting a degree—the quiet sound of an institution agreeing to continue being itself.
intj
- Expression of assent to a vote in the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
noun
- A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
- The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.“1882, J. P. Peter (translator), Political History of Recent Times, 1816-1875: With Special Reference to Germany originally by Wilhelm Müller
The king […] annulled the royal placet.”