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Lord Privy Seal

noun

  1. a cabinet minister without portfolio.


Lord Privy Seal

noun

  1. (in Britain) the senior cabinet minister without official duties
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Lord Privy Seal1

First recorded in 1550–60
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Example Sentences

In 1628 he became lord privy seal, and in 1635 a commissioner of the treasury.

In the Rockingham ministry of 1782 he was again lord privy seal.

In spite of repeated requests he received no further preferment until after 1740, when he became lord privy seal.

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