Gazette

(ga-zěť.) [Fr., from It. gazetta.] (Lit.) A kind of official newspaper containing an account of public or private transactions and events, which are deemed sufficiently important to be communicated to the public; of late years, however, the name has been adopted by journals altogether divested of official status. Gazetta is said to have been the name of a Venetian coin, in value abt. 1½ cent American, which was the price of the first newspaper, 1563:- hence the name. [s. 398]