spec. In the United Kingdom: a body of advisers appointed by the sovereign, including people who hold or have held high political, legal, or…
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| 释义 | society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > council of state > [noun] > English or British (9) privy council1450 spec. In the United Kingdom: a body of advisers appointed by the sovereign, including people who hold or have held high political, legal, or… Secret Council1546 In various special collocations. the Scottish Privy Council: see council, n. 7. council-table1678 = council-board, n. The Privy Council. Obsolete. witan1807 The members of the national council in Anglo-Saxon times; the council itself, the witenagemot, n. Also transferred. Subcategories:— place of (3) — book of (1) — specific committee of (1) |
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