"lettres patentes" meaning in Middle English

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "letters patent"
          },
          "expansion": "English: letters patent",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "archaic <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">letters patents</i>"
          },
          "expansion": "(archaic letters patents)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: letters patent (archaic letters patents)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "lettre patente",
        "t": "open letter"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman lettre patente (“open letter”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "littera patens"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin littera patens",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the plural of Anglo-Norman lettre patente (“open letter”), from Latin littera patens.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lettre patent",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letters patentes",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letres patentes",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lettres patents",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lettirs patentes",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural only",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{sg}}}",
        "cat2": "pluralia tantum",
        "g": "p",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lettres patentes pl (plural only)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lettres patentes pl (plural only)",
      "name": "enm-plural noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English pluralia tantum",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Writing",
          "orig": "enm:Writing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A letter or letters conferring a privilege or status; letters patent."
      ],
      "id": "en-lettres_patentes-enm-noun-PGVBizlq",
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "letters",
          "letters"
        ],
        [
          "letters patent",
          "letters patent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛtrəs ˌpatɛntis/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lettres patentes"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "letters patent"
          },
          "expansion": "English: letters patent",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "archaic <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">letters patents</i>"
          },
          "expansion": "(archaic letters patents)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: letters patent (archaic letters patents)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "lettre patente",
        "t": "open letter"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman lettre patente (“open letter”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "littera patens"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin littera patens",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the plural of Anglo-Norman lettre patente (“open letter”), from Latin littera patens.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lettre patent",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letters patentes",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letres patentes",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lettres patents",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lettirs patentes",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural only",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{sg}}}",
        "cat2": "pluralia tantum",
        "g": "p",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lettres patentes pl (plural only)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lettres patentes pl (plural only)",
      "name": "enm-plural noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English multiword terms",
        "Middle English nouns",
        "Middle English pluralia tantum",
        "Middle English terms borrowed from Anglo-Norman",
        "Middle English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
        "Middle English terms derived from Latin",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "enm:Writing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A letter or letters conferring a privilege or status; letters patent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "letters",
          "letters"
        ],
        [
          "letters patent",
          "letters patent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛtrəs ˌpatɛntis/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lettres patentes"
}