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privy seal

noun

Definitions

  1. The personal seal of an English or Scottish monarch.

  2. A document to which such a seal is attached

    A document to which such a seal is attached; specifically, a warrant demanding a loan.

    • Vergil would have seen the queues himself, people summoned by privy seal or letter, or waiting to pay installments of their fines […]

  3. The position of Keeper of the Privy Seal.

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