Approval, consent, or satisfaction; the pleasure or will of someone in authority (from Latin 'bene placit,' literally 'it pleases well').
From Latin 'bene placit,' meaning 'it pleases well,' combining 'bene' (well) and 'placit' (it pleases). Used in legal and formal English contexts, especially in historical documents.
Royal decrees often used 'beneplacit' to mean 'the king approves'—it's the posh Latin way of saying 'yes' that made authority sound extra official and impressive to medieval subjects!
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