Lord Privy Seal

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Lord Privy Seal

  1. (politics, UK) The fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, the position is now considered to be sinecure.

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The office does not confer membership of the House of Lords, meaning that the holder of the office will not necessarily be a lord.

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