sadite

French

Etymology

From sa +‎ dite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.dit/

Determiner

sadite f (masculine sondit, 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.

Related terms

Possessive determiner contractions with ledit

			possessee
			singular		plural
			m	f	m	f
possessor	singular	1st	mondit	madite	mesdits	mesdites
		2nd	tondit	tadite	tesdits	tesdites
		3rd	sondit	sadite	sesdits	sesdites
	plural	1st	notredit	notredite	nosdits	nosdites
		2nd	votredit1	votredite1	vosdits1	vosdites1
		3rd	leurdit	leurdite	leursdits	leursdites

These determiners are archaic. They chiefly occur in legal writing with possessive titles:

mondit Seigneur = Monseigneur qui a été dit

¹ Also used as a polite singular form.