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1. a private apartment in a royal residence.2. Archaic. a room reserved for the private or exclusive use of some particular person.[1350-1400; ME]
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Privy chamber — Privy Priv y, a. [F. priv[ e], fr. L. privatus. See {Private}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. Privee knights and squires. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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privy chamber — 1. a private apartment in a royal residence. 2. Archaic. a room reserved for the private or exclusive use of some particular person. [1350 1400; ME] … Useful english dictionary
Henry Neville (Gentleman of the Privy Chamber) — Sir Henry Neville (c.1520 1593) was Gentleman of the Privy chamber to King Edward VIFamily backgroundSir Henry Neville s father was Sir Edward Neville (d. 1538), of Addington Park in Kent, who married Eleanor, daughter of Andrew Windsor, 1st… … Wikipedia
gentlemen of the privy chamber — Officials in the royal household in attendance at court • • • Main Entry: ↑privy … Useful english dictionary
Privy — Priv y, a. [F. priv[ e], fr. L. privatus. See {Private}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. Privee knights and squires. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Privy council — Privy Priv y, a. [F. priv[ e], fr. L. privatus. See {Private}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. Privee knights and squires. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Privy councilor — Privy Priv y, a. [F. priv[ e], fr. L. privatus. See {Private}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. Privee knights and squires. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Privy purse — Privy Priv y, a. [F. priv[ e], fr. L. privatus. See {Private}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. Privee knights and squires. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
