单词 | letters patent |
释义 | letters patentplural noun An open document issued by a monarch or government conferring a patent or other right.Such concessions could take the form of specific monopolies over trade in specific items (such as dice or playing cards) by petitioning the monarch and having letters patent from that monarch issued in your name....
OriginLate Middle English: from medieval Latin litterae patentes, literally 'letters lying open'. |
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