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Privy Council

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Priv·y Council  (prv)
n.
1. A council of the British sovereign that until the 17th century was the supreme legislative body, that now consists of cabinet ministers ex officio and others appointed for life, and that has no important function except through its Judicial Committee, which in certain cases acts as a supreme appellate court in the Commonwealth.
2. privy council An advisory council to an executive.

privy councilor n.

privy council
n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the council of state of a monarch or noble, esp formerly
2. Archaic a private or secret council

Privy Council
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the private council of the British sovereign, consisting of all current and former ministers of the Crown and other distinguished subjects, all of whom are appointed for life See also Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Privy Counsellor  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Privy Council - an advisory council to a ruler (especially to the British Crown)privy council - an advisory council to a ruler (especially to the British Crown)
council - a body serving in an administrative capacity; "student council"
diwan, divan - a Muslim council of state
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
Translations
Privy Council n (Brit) the Privy Councilil Consiglio della Corona


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Her serious face was a sight to see, when she rang for the cook, and the two held a privy council in a corner.
So far as a demeanour of natural authority was concerned, the mother country need not have been ashamed to see these foremost men of an actual democracy adopted into the House of Peers, or make the Privy Council of the Sovereign.
That Providence, however, had put it into the heart of a person who was beyond fear and beyond reproach, to ferret out the nature of the prisoner's schemes, and, struck with horror, to disclose them to his Majesty's Chief Secretary of State and most honourable Privy Council.
 
 
 
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