Meanings
Origin
- Middle Englishprive“secret, private, confidential”
- Englishprivy council
From Middle English prive (“secret, private, confidential”) + counseil.
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Chinese Mandarin 樞密院 /枢密院
- 樞密院 /枢密院 (shūmìyuàn)body of advisors to a sovereign
Finnish salaneuvosto
- salaneuvostobody of advisors to a sovereign
French conseil privé
- conseil privébody of advisors to a sovereign
Greek ανακτοβούλιο
- ανακτοβούλιο (anaktovoúlio)body of advisors to a sovereign
Indonesian dewan penasihat, dewan pertimbangan
- dewan penasihatbody of advisors to a sovereign
- dewan pertimbanganbody of advisors to a sovereign
Italian consiglio privato, consiglio segreto
- consiglio privatobody of advisors to a sovereign
- consiglio segretobody of advisors to a sovereign
Japanese 枢密院
- 枢密院 (sūmitsu-in)body of advisors to a sovereign
Korean 추밀원
- 추밀원 (chumirwon)body of advisors to a sovereign
Māori Kaunihera Motuhake a te Kīngi
- Kaunihera Motuhake a te Kīngibody of advisors to a sovereign
Polish tajna rada
- tajna radabody of advisors to a sovereign
Russian та́йный сове́т
- та́йный сове́т (tájnyj sovét)body of advisors to a sovereign
Spanish consejo privado
- consejo privadobody of advisors to a sovereign
Cite this entry
APA
privy council. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/privy%20council
MLA
“privy council.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/privy%20council. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “privy council,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/privy%20council.
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