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• Privity

  noun, plural privities. 1. private or secret knowledge. 2. participation in the knowledge of something private or secret, especially as implying concurrence or consent. 3. Law. the relation between privies. 4. Obsolete. privacy. noun (pl) -ties 1. a legally recognized relationship existing between two parties, such as that between lessor and lessee and between the […]

• Privy

  adjective, privier, priviest. 1. participating in the knowledge of something private or secret (usually followed by to): Many persons were privy to the plot. 2. private; assigned to private uses. 3. belonging or pertaining to some particular person, especially with reference to a sovereign. 4. secret, concealed, hidden, or secluded. 5. acting or done in […]

• Privy-chamber

  noun 1. a private apartment in a royal residence. 2. Archaic. a room reserved for the private or exclusive use of some particular person. privy chamber noun 1. a private apartment inside a royal residence 2. (archaic) a private room reserved for the use of a specific person or group

• Privy-coat

  noun 1. a mail shirt worn under ordinary clothing as a defense against swords or daggers.

• Privy-council

  noun 1. a board or select body of personal advisers, as of a sovereign. 2. (initial capital letters) (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. (sometimes initial capital letters) any similar body, as one appointed to […]

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