privy seal
English
Noun
privy seal (plural privy seals)
- The personal seal of a English or Scottish monarch.
- Synonym: privy signet
- A document to which such a seal is attached; specifically, a warrant demanding a loan.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 313:
- Vergil would have seen the queues himself, people summoned by privy seal or letter, or waiting to pay installments of their fines […]
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 313:
- The position of Keeper of the Privy Seal.
Derived terms
- Clerk of the Privy Seal
- Keeper of the Privy Seal
- Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
- Lord Privy Seal
- Privy Seal of Japan
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