privy seal

Meanings

nounprivy seal (plural privy seals)

The personal seal of an English or Scottish monarch.
Synonyms: privy signet
A document to which such a seal is attached; specifically, a warrant demanding a loan.
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, published 2012, page 313
The position of Keeper of the Privy Seal.

nounThe personal seal of an English or Scottish monarch.

Similar

privy signet

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