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privy council

noun

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from prive

Definitions

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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA