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privy council

privy council: noun

a) A body of advisers to a sovereign functioning much as a cabinet.

b) The British Privy Council.

privy council — privy councilor. 1. a board or select body of personal advisers, as of a sovereign. 2. (caps.) (in Great Britain) a body of persons who advise the sovereign in matters of state, the majority of members being selected by the prime minister. 3.… … Universalium
Privy council — Privy Priv y, a. [F. priv[ e], fr. L. privatus. See {Private}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. Privee knights and squires. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Privy Council — index bench Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 Privy Council … Law dictionary
Privy Council — (engl., spr. Priwwi Kaunßil), der Geheime Rath, eine der höchsten Behörden von Großbritannien, s.d. S. 677 C) … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Privy Council — (engl., spr. priwwĭ kaunßil), s. Council und Großbritannien, S. 374; Privy Councillor, geheimer Staatsrat, Mitglied des P. C … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Privy Council — Privy Council, s. Council … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

Privy council — Lord President of the Council Spencer Compton, 1. Earl of Wilmington Her Majesty s Most Honourable Privy Council (kurz: Privy Council; deutsch: Geheimer Rat) ist ein politisches Beratungsgremium des britischen Monarchen. Im Mittelalter und der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Privy council — A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation on how to exercise their executive authority, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government. The word privy means private or secret ; thus, a privy council … Wikipedia

Privy Council — Die Erste Kronratssitzung der Königin Victoria. Gemälde von David Wilkie, 1838 Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council (kurz: Privy Council; deutsch: Kronrat) ist ein politisches Beratungsgremium des britischen Monarchen. Im Mittelalter und… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Privy 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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English