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Etymology edit

From son +‎ dit.

Pronunciation edit

Determiner edit

sondit m (feminine sadite, masculine plural sesdits, feminine plural sesdites)

  1. (archaic) his said, her said, its said
    • 1807, Franco-Russian treaty of Tilsit:
      Sadite Majesté promet de reconnaître, sur les notifications qui lui seront faites de la part de sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon, les souverains qui deviendront ultérieurement membres de la confédération, en la qualité qui leur sera donnée par les actes qui les y feront entrer.
      His said Majesty also promises, information being communicated to hint on the part of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon, to acknowledge those sovereigns who may hereafter become members of the confederation, according to their rank specified in the act of confederation.
    • 1970, Procès de condamnation de Jeanne d'Arc[1], volume 2, page 121:
      Et, depuis la porte, l’ange marchait et allait sur la terre en venant à sondit roi.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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