Droit sans honneur is an expression used by French cardinals upon leaving Rome, thereby setting off the Grand Central Schism (Saint Fidgeta and Other Parodies, 58).
Inspiration[]
The phrase is French for “right without honor”, possibly inspired by the expression "droit de seigneur" (“the lord's right”), the right of a nobleman to sleep with any of his (presumably female) vassals on her wedding night[1].
"This interpretation makes the remark even more meaningless than before. No comments on pah, either.[2]”
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References[]
- ↑ Wikipedia: Droit du seigneur
- ↑ Correspondence with Alfred Myers.