Synonyms for privy council


Grammar : Noun


Définition of privy council

  • noun advisory council
Example sentences :
  • After the Privy Council outrage there was very little for Franklin to do.
  • Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by Paul Elmer More
  • A reward for your apprehension was actually deliberated at the Privy Council.
  • Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever
  • Whereupon Clifton threatened to complain to the Privy Council.
  • Extract from : « Shakespearean Playhouses » by Joseph Quincy Adams
  • This correspondence is found among the "Proceedings of the Privy Council."
  • Extract from : « Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 » by J. Endell Tyler
  • The power of the Privy Council over legislation was abolished.
  • Extract from : « Historical and Political Essays » by William Edward Hartpole Lecky
  • And the heads of the Privy Council bowed as one in approval.
  • Extract from : « The World Peril of 1910 » by George Griffith
  • After which, at a quarter to four o'clock, the Privy Council adjourned.
  • Extract from : « Coronation Anecdotes » by Giles Gossip
  • Perhaps he felt that he was wrong, or perhaps his answers were all framed for him by his Privy Council.
  • Extract from : « Charles I » by Jacob Abbott
  • Probably the Privy Council thought it futile to attack the "Puppets."
  • Extract from : « Shakespeare's Family » by Mrs. C. C. Stopes
  • Appeal from the Blackfriars players (16 in number) to the Privy Council for favour.
  • Extract from : « A Life of William Shakespeare » by Sidney Lee

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