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privy council

privy council noun: a body of advisers to a sovereign, functioning much as a cabinet.

Noun

privy council (plural privy councils)

  1. A body of advisers to a sovereign, functioning much as a cabinet.

privy council meaning in Tamil, Indonesian and Myanmar

privy council in Tamil

கோமறை மன்றம்

privy council in Indonesian

body of advisors to a sovereign
dewan penasihat, dewan pertimbangan

privy council in Myanmar

body of advisors to a sovereign
ဗြဲတိုက် brai:tuik

Forms of privy council

pluralprivy councils

Origin of privy council

From Middle English prive (“secret, private, confidential”) + counseil.

Words formed from privy council

Questions about privy council

What does privy council mean?
Privy council means a body of advisers to a sovereign, functioning much as a cabinet.
What is privy council in Tamil?
Privy council in Tamil is கோமறை மன்றம். See Privy council meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is privy council?
Privy council is a noun.
What is the plural of privy council?
The plural of privy council is privy councils.

Words near privy council in the dictionary

  1. Privlaka
  2. Privott
  3. Privotts
  4. privs
  5. privy
  6. privy council
  7. privy councillor
  8. privy councillors
  9. privy councils
  10. privy house
  11. privy houses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: privy council (page history and authors); Privy Council (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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