Privy definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PRIV'Y, a. [L. privus ... person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; as the privy purse; the privy confer of a king. 2. Secret; clandestine; not open or public; as a privy attempt to kill one. 3. Private; appropriated to retirement; not ... shown; not open for the admission of company; as a privy chamber. Ezek 21. 4. Privately knowing; admitted to the participation ... He would rather lose half of his kingdom than be privy to such a secret. Myself am one made privy ...
privy council definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an ... committees 3. a usually appointive advisory council to an executive • privy councillor noun Webster's 1913 Dictionary Privy Priv"y, a. [F. priv['e], fr. L. privatus. See ... exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. `` Privee knights and squires.'' --Chaucer. 2. Secret; clandestine. `` A ... 3. Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public. `` Privy chambers.'' --Ezek. xxi. 14. 4. Admitted to knowledge of a ... secret transaction; secretly cognizant; privately knowing. His wife also being privy to it. --Acts v. 2. Myself am one made ...
Privy seal definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Seal Seal, n. [OE ... with the liquid; a draintrap. Great seal. See under Great. Privy seal. See under Privy, a. Seal lock, a lock in which the keyhole is ... a seal; a signet ring. --Shak. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Privy Priv"y, a. [F. priv['e], fr. L. privatus. See ... exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. `` Privee knights and squires.'' --Chaucer. 2. Secret; clandestine. `` A ... 3. Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public. `` Privy chambers.'' --Ezek. xxi. 14. 4. Admitted to knowledge of ...
privy purse definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: allowance ... private expenses of the British sovereign Webster's 1913 Dictionary Privy Priv"y, a. [F. priv['e], fr. L. privatus. See ... exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. `` Privee knights and squires.'' --Chaucer. 2. Secret; clandestine. `` A ... 3. Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public. `` Privy chambers.'' --Ezek. xxi. 14. 4. Admitted to knowledge of a ... secret transaction; secretly cognizant; privately knowing. His wife also being privy to it. --Acts v. 2. Myself am one made privy to the plot. --Shak. Privy chamber, a private apartment ...
Privy councilor definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Privy Priv"y, a. [F. priv['e], fr. L. privatus. See ... exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. `` Privee knights and squires.'' --Chaucer. 2. Secret; clandestine. `` A ... 3. Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public. `` Privy chambers.'' --Ezek. xxi. 14. 4. Admitted to knowledge of a ... secret transaction; secretly cognizant; privately knowing. His wife also being privy to it. --Acts v. 2. Myself am one made privy to the plot. --Shak. Privy chamber, a private apartment ...
Privy chamber definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Privy Priv"y, a. [F. priv['e], fr. L. privatus. See ... exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. `` Privee knights and squires.'' --Chaucer. 2. Secret; clandestine. `` A ... 3. Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public. `` Privy chambers.'' --Ezek. xxi. 14. 4. Admitted to knowledge of a ... secret transaction; secretly cognizant; privately knowing. His wife also being privy to it. --Acts v. 2. Myself am one made privy to the plot. --Shak. Privy chamber, a private apartment ...
Privy verdict definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Privy Priv"y, a. [F. priv['e], fr. L. privatus. See ... exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. `` Privee knights and squires.'' --Chaucer. 2. Secret; clandestine. `` A ... 3. Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public. `` Privy chambers.'' --Ezek. xxi. 14. 4. Admitted to knowledge of a ... secret transaction; secretly cognizant; privately knowing. His wife also being privy to it. --Acts v. 2. Myself am one made privy to the plot. --Shak. Privy chamber, a private apartment ...
Privy-seal definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PRIV'Y-SEAL PRIVY-SIG'NET, n. In England, the seal which the king ... subordinate consequence, which do not require the great seal. 1. Privy-seal, is used elliptically for the principal secretary of state, or person entrusted with the privy-seal. The king's sign manual is the warrant to the privy-seal, who makes out a writ or warrant thereon to ... the chancery. The sign manual is the warrant to the privy-seal, and the privy-seal is the warrant to ...
clerk of the privy seal definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Keeper Keep"er, n ... when the chancellor was an ecclesiastic. [Eng.] Keeper of the privy seal (styled also lord privy seal), a high officer of state, through whose hands pass ... before they come to the great seal. He is a privy councillor, and was formerly called clerk of the privy seal. [Eng.] Keeper of a magnet, a piece of iron ...
Keeper of the privy seal definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Keeper Keep"er, n ... when the chancellor was an ecclesiastic. [Eng.] Keeper of the privy seal (styled also lord privy seal), a high officer of state, through whose hands pass ... before they come to the great seal. He is a privy councillor, and was formerly called clerk of the privy seal. [Eng.] Keeper of a magnet, a piece of iron ...
Privy-counselor definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PRIVY-COUN'SELOR, n. A member of the privy council. Privy-counselors are made by the king's nomination without patent ...
PRIVY; PRIVILY definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia priv'-i, priv'-i ... Eze 21:14, the King James Version "entereth into their privy chambers," "privy" is a gloss, omitted in the Revised Version (British and American). "To be privy to a thing" (1Ki 2:44; Ac 5:2) is ...
privy signet definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Signet Sig"net, n ... that pass by bill under the sign manual; -- called also privy signet. I had my father's signet in my purse ...