After quoting his text, it was his custom to begin with some short prayer like the following, which occurs in a sermon preached at Avignon on the feast of All Saints, 1358: Pro edificandi gratia impetranda, devote, si Placet, matrem gratiae salutemus, dicentes Ave Maria.
"The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, August 1865"
Society of Clergymen
The theorist must come forward with an affectation of modesty, as into the presence of competent critics; he must only expose his wares, win for himself a hearing, and then humbly wait for the Placet of the sovereign people.
"The Faith of the Millions (2nd series)"
George Tyrrell
Two rights only are left to the Bishops; they can make speeches in the General Congregation, and they can say Placet or Non Placet.
"Letters From Rome on the Council"
Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger