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privileged, ppl. a.|ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd|
[f. prec. vb. or n. + -ed.]
Invested with or enjoying certain privileges or immunities. a. Of things.
privileged altar, in R.C. Ch.: see quot. 1885. privileged communication, in Law, (a) a communication which a witness cannot be legally compelled to divulge; (b) a communication made between such persons and in such circumstances that it is not actionable, unless made with malice. privileged cab: see privilege n. 8. privileged debt, a debt having a prior claim to satisfaction. privileged deed, in Sc. Law, a deed which is valid without witnesses' signatures, as a holograph deed. privileged share, privileged stock, preference stock: cf. quot. 1842 s.v. preference 8. privileged summons: see quot. 1838. privileged villeinage, a form of villeinage in which the service was defined, as distinguished from pure villeinage.
1398Trevisa Barth De Propr. Rerum xvii. lxxxvii. (Tollem. MS.), These herbes were preuelegid, þat þe liknesse of hem were worþi to be set in tokenynge and figure in þe crowne and mytoure of þe chef preste. 1477Rolls of Parlt. VI. 185/2 In pryvat and pryvileged places. 1588Marprel. Epist. (Arb.) 41 In other priuiledged English translations it is, And they [etc.]. 1590Swinburne Testaments 24 b, Priuileged testamentes are those, which are enriched with some speciall freedome or benefit, contrarie to the common course of law. Ibid. 25 Of priuiledged testamentes there are three sortes,..a testament made by a Souldier, a testament made by a father amongest his children, and a testament made for good and godly vses. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Debt, Privileged Debt, is that which must be satisfied before all others; as, the king's tax, &c. 1838W. Bell Dict. Law Scot., Privileged Debts are those which humanity has rendered preferable on the funds of a deceased person, and which an executor may pay without decree; as, 1. Sickbed and funeral expenses... 2. Mournings for the widow [etc.]. 3. A year's rent of the house, and servants' wages since the last term. Ibid., Privileged Deeds. A legal deed requires certain statutory solemnities; but, from this rule, exceptions have been made in favour of certain deeds and writings on grounds of necessity or expediency. Ibid., Privileged Summonses,..a class of summonses in which, from the nature of the cause of action, the ordinary induciæ..are shortened. 1843R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. Introd. Lect. 2 note, The Meath Hospital became for several years a privileged hospital. 1884St. James' Gaz. 22 Aug. 7/2 Guaranteed, privileged, and debenture stocks were less strong than of late. 1885Cath. Dict., Privileged altar, (1) An altar..by visiting which certain indulgences may be gained. (2) An altar at which Votive Masses may be said even on certain feasts which are doubles... (3) Altars with a plenary indulgence for one soul in purgatory attached to all Masses said at them for the dead. 1896Privileged cab [see privilege v. 1].
b. Of persons.
1435Misyn Fire of Love i. xxiii. 50, I of men priuelegid speek, for Ioy of godis lufe in to gostly songis or heuenly sound behaldandly for to be takyn. a1548Hall Chron., Edw. V 10 He nether is nor can bee a sanctuarye or priuileged man. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. 33 Where a scholar or privileged person is one of the parties. 1833Alison Hist. Europe (1849) I. i. §16. 62 The descendants of the freemen in one age become the privileged order in the next. 1888Burgon Lives 12 Gd. Men I. i. 78 He was scarcely ever seen except by a privileged few.
c. Having the privilege of sanctuary attached to it. ? Obs.
1601Holland Pliny I. 108 A priueledged place for all fugitiues. 1648Gage West Ind. xxi. 184 This River is privileged in this manner, that if a man commit any hainous crime or murther on [either] side..if hee can flie to get over this River, he is free as long as hee liveth on the other side.
d. Eccl. Applied to days in the Church's calendar which are placed in the highest category of importance, or one of the higher categories (e.g. as regards the precedence they take when two feasts or observances coincide).
1877J. D. Chambers Divine Worship in Eng. v. 85 Sundays..are distinguished..into Principal Privileged, Greater Privileged, Minor Privileged, Inferior Semi-privileged or ordinary Sundays. Ibid. 87 The Privileged Sundays, according to the present Anglican Rite, appear, beside the Principal Double Festivals and their Octaves, to be the First Sunday in Advent, Passion Sunday and Palm Sunday, and Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension. The Privileged Ferials: Ash Wednesday, the Four Days before Easter, the Vigils, Fasts and days of Abstinence above enumerated. 1953Anglican Services v. 56 Ordinary (or lesser) Sundays..give way..to feasts or the privileged Octave days of feasts of Our Lord. Ibid. 57 Ferias are of three classes, Privileged, greater, and ordinary. Ibid. 61 Octaves are of three kinds, privileged, common, and simple. |