civil list

noun

A list of individuals to whom money is paid by the government, originally for expenses supporting the monarch.

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Meanings

nouncivil list (plural civil lists)

plural civil lists

  1. A list of individuals to whom money is paid by the government, originally for expenses supporting the monarch.

    The recession also affected the textile industry and in 1868 urban protests forced the government to reduce taxation and cut the royal family's civil list.

    2018, David Birmingham, A Concise History of Portugal
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APA

civil list. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/civil%20list

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“civil list.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/civil%20list. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “civil list,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/civil%20list.

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