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Privy Council

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Privy Council

▶noun a body of advisers appointed by a sovereign or a Governor General (now chiefly on an honorary basis and including government ministers).

■ chiefly historical a sovereign's or Governor General's private counsellors.

– derivatives
privy counsellor (also privy councillor) noun.

'Privy Council' also found in these Oxford entries:

blue book - Lord President of the Council - Most Honourable - Order in Council - Queen in Council

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