privy council

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English prive + council.

Noun

privy council (plural privy councils)

1. A body of advisers to a sovereign, functioning much as a cabinet.
2. The British Privy Council.

Derived terms

• privy councillor

Translations

body of advisors to a sovereign

• Finnish: salaneuvosto
• French: conseil privé
• Greek: ανακτοβούλιο (el) (anaktovoúlio)
• Italian: consiglio privato, consiglio segreto
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• Korean: 추밀원 (ko) (chumirwon)
• Maori: Kaunihera Motuhake a te Kīngi
• Russian: та́йный сове́т (tájnyj sovét)
• Spanish: consejo privado

Further reading

• privy council on Wikipedia.Wikipedia