privy council
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprivyandcouncil
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privy
adjective
uk/ˈprɪv.i/us/ˈprɪv.i/
to be told information that is not told to ...
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council
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/ˈkaʊn.səl/us/ˈkaʊn.səl/
a group of people elected or chosen to make decisions or give advice on a particular subject, to represent a particular group of people, or to run a ...
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(Definition ofprivyandcouncilfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofprivy council
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Theprivycouncilcontinues to be regarded as the main, corporate, advisory body and extra-conciliar counsel as antipathetical to the ' normal ' process of policy-making.
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In addition to leaving fines uncollected, theprivycouncillimited the impact of recusancy laws in other ways.
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More than this, they implicitly questioned the way the king andprivycouncilwere running the war.
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Finding no hope of reconciliation, the sub-commissioners buckled and passed the project back to theprivycouncil.
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Although the records have not survived, reports to theprivycouncilof their proceedings give some indication of the number of parishes affected.
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Theprivycouncilclearly recognized the importance of plays in shaping public opinion.
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The nobility were exempt but could be made to swear the oath if asked by six members of theprivycouncil.
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Settlement between the feuding parties was reached before theprivycouncilsix weeks later and both agreed to drop their legal actions.
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They have re-emphasized the importance of social connections and cultural influences and turned attention away from studying theprivycouncilto studying the court.
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The authorities believed that law was on their side; theprivycouncilacted in good faith.
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That disorder was the work of ' outsiders ' was a useful claim, not infrequently rehearsed in correspondence between the county magistracies and theprivycouncil.
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Although clothing for a soldier could be provided for as little as 4s 8 d in the 1540s, the costs rose once theprivycouncilbegan to specify colours.
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Moltke was not on theprivycouncil, but served for the entire reign as overhofmarkskal (equivalent to lord chamberlain).
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It is therefore not surprising that the state papers and theprivycouncilregisters are silent on the project in the years immediately after the 1625 incorporations.
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It is unclear why theprivycouncildid not extend the ban on corantos to include these chapbooks since they covered essentially the same material, though published at longer intervals.
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Struensee dismissed theprivycounciland created in its place a style of cabinet government managed by his own political creatures.
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At the same time, the commission of the general assembly, established in 1597 as the ecclesiastical equivalent of theprivycouncil, was being gradually superseded by the episcopate.
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Goethe's primary role within theprivycouncilwas balancing the books.
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He went to look at it and saw that it was to the judicial committee of theprivycouncil.
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His entourage was around 15,000 strong, including a military escort, hisprivycouncil, servants carrying his tapestries, coffers and other furniture, artisans, princes and ambassadors.
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