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41(the) Privy Council — the Privy Council UK US noun in the UK and some other countries, a group of people whose official job is to advise the queen or king on how to govern the country but who now have no real power Thesaurus: people who work with royaltyhyponym… …
42Judicial Committee of the Privy Council — Privy Council Established 1833 Jurisdiction Certain members of the Commonwealth of Nations Location Middlesex Guildhall, London Authorized by HM Government via the Judicial Committee Act 1833 …
43Privy 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… …
44privy council — noun Date: 14th century 1. archaic a secret or private council 2. capitalized P&C a body of officials and dignitaries chosen by the British monarch as an advisory council to the Crown usually functioning through its committees 3. a usually… …
45privy council — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
46Privy Council — noun a body of advisers appointed by a sovereign or a Governor General (now chiefly on an honorary basis and including government ministers). ↘chiefly historical a sovereign s or Governor General s private counsellors. Derivatives privy… …
47Privy 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… …
48privy council — noun an advisory council to a ruler (especially to the British Crown) • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑ …
49Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council — is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Its members are largely senior politicians, who were or are members of either the House of Commons of the United Kingdom or House of Lords.The Privy Council was formerly a powerful institution, but… …
50Queen's Privy Council for Canada — The Queen s Privy Council for Canada (QPC) ( fr. Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada (CPR)), sometimes called Her Majesty s Privy Council for Canada or the Privy Council, [http://www.pco bcp.gc.ca/default.asp?Language=E… …
