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arrêt

arrêt noun: a formal sentence of the King or Parliament of France; hence, a decree, a ruling.

Noun

arrêt (plural arrêts)

  1. (historical) A formal sentence of the King or Parliament of France; hence, a decree, a ruling.
    • His father now shewed him an arret, which, on the fourth of June, 1776, he had obtained from the parliament of Rouen against his marriage.1790, Helen Maria Williams, Letters Written in France, Broadview, published 2002, page 123
    • “Prior Aymer,” said the Templar, “you are a man of gallantry, learned in the study of beauty, and as expert as a troubadour in all matters concerning the arrets of love;[…]”1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter II, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 39

Forms of arrêt

pluralarrêts
alternative formarret

Origin of arrêt

Unadapted borrowing from French arrêt.

Questions about arrêt

What does arrêt mean?
Arrêt means a formal sentence of the King or Parliament of France; hence, a decree, a ruling.
What part of speech is arrêt?
Arrêt is a noun.
What is the plural of arrêt?
The plural of arrêt is arrêts.

Words near arrêt in the dictionary

  1. arrythmogenesis
  2. arrythmogenic
  3. arrythmogenicity
  4. arrythymogenic
  5. arré
  6. arrêt
  7. arrêts
  8. ars
  9. ars antiqua
  10. ars gratia artis
  11. ars nova

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