I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Privy Council
privy purse
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
council
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Another deportation order was served, and the case was taken before the privy Council in London.
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He appealed, and was reinstated by the privy Council , but was unable to continue his employment for long.
councillor
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Charles I was equally well disposed towards Salisbury and made him a privy councillor in 1626.
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He was created baronet in 1895 and a privy councillor in 1906.
purse
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It is a soiled and puckered hem, the golden treasury's privy purse .
seal
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His access to patronage, too, was gained through privy Seal connections.
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Letters under the privy seal were prepared by the thousand, and instructions were sent to the chief commissioners in each shire.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the Privy Council
the privy purse
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And if he had made that boast, would it have remained privy to the colleagues?
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Earl, a classmate of North's from the Naval Academy, was privy to quite a lot, including the diversion.
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For the most part, citizens were neither involved in nor privy to this process.
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His access to patronage, too, was gained through privy Seal connections.
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I was privy to all their discussions on Hardy, as both had known him during the First World War.
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It is a soiled and puckered hem, the golden treasury's privy purse.
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On the front lines, the infantrymen were not privy to the intelligence part of the missions that we went on.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By now the rain had stopped, though there was no sign of the pirate privy .
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Chamber 46 is a bathroom with two baths, and chambers 47 and 48 are privies.
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Criss-crossed glimpses of the rooftops of tin privies.
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Each campsite had an outdoor privy , rustic but clean.
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I was replacing a Framus flat-top, built like a brick privy .
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In the boarding house he had lived in there was a privy in the backyard.
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The privy fell forward, landing door-down.