English Explanatory Dictionary

privy council

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A body of advisers to a sovereign, functioning much as a cabinet.

Word forms

privy council privy councils

Etymology

From Middle English prive (“secret, private, confidential”) + counseil.

Derived words

privy councillor
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