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101Privy Council — The body of advisers appointed to advise the monarch. It was an offshoot of the *curia regis composed of the king s tenants in chief, household officials, and indeed anyone else the king chose. From it grew larger councils, which in turn emerged… …
102privy — adj. Privy is used with these nouns: ↑seal …
103privy — Synonyms and related words: WC, alive to, anonymous, appreciative of, apprised of, awake to, aware of, back door, backhouse, backstairs, basement, bathroom, behind the curtain, behind the scenes, bog, buried, can, clandestine, closet, cognizant… …
104Privy Council — Originating in the thirteenth century as a small body of influential advisers to the monarch, today the Council is the formal machinery via which the monarch exercises their prerogative powers. Nominally extensive (the Council comprises the… …
105privy — priv|y1 [ prıvi ] adjective privy to something knowing about something, usually official information, that other people do not know priv|y2 [ prıvi ] noun count OLD FASHIONED a toilet in a separate small building next to a house …
106Privy Council — N PROPER: the N In Britain, the Privy Council is a group of people who are appointed to advise the king or queen on political affairs …
107privy parts — the human genitalia An older version of private parts: He moved their privy parts to the front. (Plato, in translation, reporting some genetic engineering by Zeus) …
108privy to — sharing in the knowledge of (something secret). → privy …
109privy — adjective 1》 (privy to) sharing in the knowledge of (something secret). 2》 archaic hidden; secret. noun (plural privies) 1》 a toilet in a small shed outside a house. 2》 Law a person having a part or interest in any action or matter. Derivatives… …
110Privy Purse — noun the privy purse money given by the British government to the king or queen for their personal use …
