privy council
privy council · privy councils
тайный совет
A body of advisers to a sovereign, functioning much as a cabinetA body of advisers to a sovereign, functioning much as a cabinet.
» Tom interrupted the privy council to take a huge dump.
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1 sensesA body of advisers to a sovereign, functioning much as a cabinet.
та́йный сове́тtájnyj sovét
More definitions
- an advisory council to a ruler (especially to the British Crown)
Examples
1 sentencesTom interrupted the privy council to take a huge dump.
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
body of advisors to a sovereign:
Origin
From Middle English prive (“secret, private, confidential”) + counseil.From Middle English prive (“secret, private, confidential”) + counseil.
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Forms
plural: privy councils| Singular | privy council |
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedprivy councillor
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.