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privy seals

privy seals is the plural of privy seal.

Meaning of privy seal

Noun

privy seal (plural privy seals)

  1. The personal seal of an English or Scottish monarch.
    Synonyms:
    privy signet
  2. A document to which such a seal is attached; specifically, a warrant demanding a loan.
    • Vergil would have seen the queues himself, people summoned by privy seal or letter, or waiting to pay installments of their fines […]2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 313
  3. The position of Keeper of the Privy Seal.

Questions about privy seals

What is privy seals the plural of?
Privy seals is the plural of privy seal.

Words near privy seals in the dictionary

  1. privy members
  2. privy parts
  3. Privy Purse
  4. Privy Purses
  5. privy seal
  6. privy seals
  7. privy-house
  8. privy-houses
  9. prix
  10. prix fixe
  11. prix fixes

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