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单词 privy counsellorship
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privy counsellorshipn.

Brit. /ˌprɪvɪ ˈkaʊns(ᵻ)ləʃɪp/, U.S. /ˌprɪvi ˈkaʊns(ə)lərʃɪp/
Forms: 1800s– privy councillorship, 1900s– privy counsellorship. Also with capital initials.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: privy counsellor n., -ship suffix.
Etymology: < privy counsellor n. + -ship suffix. Compare later Privy Councilship n., and compare also councillorship n., counsellorship n.
The office or position of a privy counsellor.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > council of state > [noun] > member of council of state > in Britain or England > office of
Master of Request1561
privy counsellorship1852
Privy Councilship1910
1852 Times 15 Sept. 6/5 There elapsed an interval in the Duke's life of nearly three years, which a seat in Parliament, an Irish Secretaryship, and a Privy Councillorship enabled him to turn actively to account.
1880 B. Disraeli Endymion I. iii. 18 He retired with the solace of a sinecure, a pension, and a privy-councillorship.
1910 S. P. Thompson Life William Thomson II. 1295 Receives the Order of Merit and Privy Counsellorship.
1930 Cambr. Hist. Jrnl. 3 212 He had been an admirer of Joseph II, but had resigned his privy councillorship and all other offices when the Emperor's design to substitute absolutism for the constitution became evident.
1993 R. B. Stevens Independence of Judiciary (1997) iii. 54 On his retirement, he was rewarded with a Privy Counsellorship which enabled him to accelerate the end of Canadian appeals to the Privy Council.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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