privy seal

English

Noun

privy seal (plural privy seals)

  1. The personal seal of an English or Scottish monarch.
    Synonym: privy signet
  2. A document to which such a seal is attached; specifically, a warrant demanding a loan.
    • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 313:
      Vergil would have seen the queues himself, people summoned by privy seal or letter, or waiting to pay installments of their fines […]
  3. The position of Keeper of the Privy Seal.

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