Privy
91privy council — In England, the principal council of the sovereign, composed of the cabinet ministers, and other persons chosen by the king or queen as privy councillors. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council acts as a court of ultimate appeal in various… …
92privy seal — noun Etymology: Middle English prive seal, from prive privy + seal more at seal 1. : a private seal: as a. : a British royal seal used before 1885 to authorize use of the great seal (as on letters patent or pardons) or on documents not requiring… …
93Privy council — 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.] [1913 Webster] …
94Privy seal — Seal Seal, n. [OE. seel, OF. seel, F. sceau, fr. L. sigillum a little figure or image, a seal, dim. of signum a mark, sign, figure, or image. See {Sign}, n., and cf. {Sigil}.] 1. An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in… …
95Privy chamber — A privy chamber was a private apartment in a royal residence, particularly in England. The gentlemen of the privy chamber were servants to the Crown, who were to wait and attend on the King and Queen at Court, in their various activities and… …
96Privy Councillor with responsibility for the Crown Dependencies — The Secretary of State for Justice is currently the Privy Counsellor for Manx Affairs.Between 2001 and 2007 the Lord Chancellor and then the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs held this responsibility.Prior to 2001, the Home Secretary… …
97PRIVY COUNCIL — is theoretically a council associated with the sovereign to advise him in matters of government. As at present constituted it includes the members of the royal family, the Cabinet, the two archbishops and the bishop of London, the principal… …
98Privy 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… …
99Privy Council — noun the Privy Council a group of important people in Britain who advise the king or queen on political affairs Privy Councillor noun (C) …
100Privy Council — /ˌprɪvi ˈkaʊnsəl/ (say .privee kownsuhl) noun (in Britain) a body of advisers to the sovereign; its function of advising the Crown in matters of state is, except in a formal sense, now discharged by the cabinet, committees, etc. –Privy Councillor …
