Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRIV-Y-COUN'SEL-OR
PRIV'YPRIV'Y-SEAL, or PRIV-Y-SIG'NET
PRIV-Y-COUN'SEL-OR, n.
A member of the privy council. Privy-counselors are made by the king's nomination without patent or grant. – Blackstone.
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