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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
privy council
n 1: an advisory council to a ruler (especially to the British
Crown)
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Privy \Priv"y\, a. [F. priv['e], fr. L. privatus. See
Private.]
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1. Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to
private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. "
Privee knights and squires." --Chaucer.
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2. Secret; clandestine. " A privee thief." --Chaucer.
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3. Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the
public. " Privy chambers." --Ezek. xxi. 14.
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4. Admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction; secretly
cognizant; privately knowing.
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His wife also being privy to it. --Acts v. 2.
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Myself am one made privy to the plot. --Shak.
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Privy chamber, a private apartment in a royal residence.
[Eng.]
Privy council (Eng. Law), the principal council of the
sovereign, composed of the cabinet ministers and other
persons chosen by the king or queen. --Burrill.
Privy councilor, a member of the privy council.
Privy purse, moneys set apart for the personal use of the
monarch; also, the title of the person having charge of
these moneys. [Eng.] --Macaulay.
Privy seal or Privy signet, the seal which the king uses
in grants, etc., which are to pass the great seal, or
which he uses in matters of subordinate consequence which
do not require the great seal; also, elliptically, the
principal secretary of state, or person intrusted with the
privy seal. [Eng.]
Privy verdict, a verdict given privily to the judge out of
court; -- now disused. --Burrill.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[i^]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L.
concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. ??? to call,
and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. Conciliate. This word is often
confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.]
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1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation,
deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for
consultation in a critical case.
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2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an
advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's
council; a city council.
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An old lord of the council rated me the other day.
--Shak.
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3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
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Satan . . . void of rest,
His potentates to council called by night. --Milton.
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O great in action and in council wise. --Pope.
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Aulic council. See under Aulic.
Cabinet council. See under Cabinet.
City council, the legislative branch of a city government,
usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common
council, but sometimes otherwise constituted.
Common council. See under Common.
Council board, Council table, the table round which a
council holds consultation; also, the council itself in
deliberation.
Council chamber, the room or apartment in which a council
meets.
Council fire, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the
Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
Council of war, an assembly of officers of high rank,
called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to
measures or importance or nesessity.
Ecumenical council (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or
divines convened from the whole body of the church to
regulate matters of doctrine or discipline.
Executive council, a body of men elected as advisers of the
chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.]
Legislative council, the upper house of a legislature,
usually called the senate.
Privy council. See under Privy. [Eng.]
Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament;
convention; convocation; synod.
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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
PRIVY COUNCIL, Eng. law. A council of state composed of the king and of such
persons as he may select.
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Thesaurus Results for Privy council:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
British Cabinet, Sanhedrin, US Cabinet, advisory body, advisory council, assembly, association, bench, board, body of advisers, borough council, brain trust, cabinet, camarilla, chamber, city council, common council, conference, congress, consultative assembly, council, council fire, council of ministers, council of state, council of war, county council, court, deliberative assembly, diet, directory, divan, junta, kitchen cabinet, legislature, ministry, parish council, shadow cabinet, soviet, staff, syndicate, synod, tribunal |
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