Lord Privy Seal
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Lord Privy Seal
First recorded in 1550–60
Example Sentences
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The Lord Privy Seal, who is responsible for procedure, told peers the Lords had become "far too much a House of the south-east of England".
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024
Lord True, the Lord Privy Seal, said the proposal was a "practical solution" necessary for the "machinery of government" - and suggested only working royals would be called upon in practice.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2022
Changes to the legislation would be the responsibility of the Cabinet Office and a spokeswoman referred back to the comments of the Lord Privy Seal.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2022
Lord Beaverbrook, Britain's titanic imp and Lord Privy Seal, arrived in Washington, D.C. by plane, ostensibly to talk about oil.
From Time Magazine Archive
And, by that striving, dangerous servant of Lord Privy Seal, Throckmorton, it had been firmly enjoined upon him that he must not fail to meet Thomas Culpepper and stay him upon his road to England.
From Privy Seal His Last Venture by Ford, Ford Madox
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