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Councilor
(gcide) | Councilor \Coun"cil*or\ (koun"s?l-?r), n.
A member of a council. [Written also councillor.]
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Note: The distinction between councilor, a member of a
council, and counselor, one who gives counsel, was not
formerly made, but is now very generally recognized and
observed.
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Cabinet councilor
(gcide) | Cabinet \Cab"i*net\ (k[a^]b"[i^]*n[e^]t), n. [F., dim. of cabine
or cabane. See Cabin, n.]
1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.]
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Hearken a while from thy green cabinet,
The rural song of careful Colinet. --Spenser.
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2. A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.
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3. A private room in which consultations are held.
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Philip passed some hours every day in his father's
cabinet. --Prescott.
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4. The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a
nation; a cabinet council.
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Note: In England, the cabinet or cabinet council consists of
those privy councilors who actually transact the
immediate business of the government. --Mozley & W. --
In the United States, the cabinet is composed of the
heads of the executive departments of the government,
namely, the Secretary of State, of the Treasury, of
War, of the Navy, of the Interior, and of Agiculture,
the Postmaster-general, and the Attorney-general.
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5.
(a) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain
articles of value. Hence:
(b) A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an
['e]tag[`e]re or closed with doors. See
['e]tag[`e]re.
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6. Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and
exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection
itself.
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Cabinet council.
(a) Same as Cabinet, n., 4 (of which body it was
formerly the full title).
(b) A meeting of the cabinet.
Cabinet councilor, a member of a cabinet council.
Cabinet photograph, a photograph of a size smaller than an
imperial, though larger than a carte de visite.
Cabinet picture, a small and generally highly finished
picture, suitable for a small room and for close
inspection.
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Councilor
(gcide) | Councilor \Coun"cil*or\ (koun"s?l-?r), n.
A member of a council. [Written also councillor.]
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Note: The distinction between councilor, a member of a
council, and counselor, one who gives counsel, was not
formerly made, but is now very generally recognized and
observed.
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councilorship
(gcide) | councilorship \councilorship\, councillorship \councillorship\n.
1. the position of council member.
Syn: councilorship.
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Privy councilor
(gcide) | Privy \Priv"y\, a. [F. priv['e], fr. L. privatus. See
Private.]
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1. Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to
private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. "
Privee knights and squires." --Chaucer.
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2. Secret; clandestine. " A privee thief." --Chaucer.
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3. Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the
public. " Privy chambers." --Ezek. xxi. 14.
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4. Admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction; secretly
cognizant; privately knowing.
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His wife also being privy to it. --Acts v. 2.
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Myself am one made privy to the plot. --Shak.
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Privy chamber, a private apartment in a royal residence.
[Eng.]
Privy council (Eng. Law), the principal council of the
sovereign, composed of the cabinet ministers and other
persons chosen by the king or queen. --Burrill.
Privy councilor, a member of the privy council.
Privy purse, moneys set apart for the personal use of the
monarch; also, the title of the person having charge of
these moneys. [Eng.] --Macaulay.
Privy seal or Privy signet, the seal which the king uses
in grants, etc., which are to pass the great seal, or
which he uses in matters of subordinate consequence which
do not require the great seal; also, elliptically, the
principal secretary of state, or person intrusted with the
privy seal. [Eng.]
Privy verdict, a verdict given privily to the judge out of
court; -- now disused. --Burrill.
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councilorship
(wn) | councilorship
n 1: the position of council member [syn: councillorship,
councilorship] |
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