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
Last week, in the Commons, Lord Privy Seal Edward Heath revealed that Philby had surfaced "in one of the countries of the Soviet bloc."
From Time Magazine Archive
On the formation of his father-in-law’s Cabinet in 1830, he was appointed Lord Privy Seal.
From Lord John Russell by Reid, Stuart J. (Stuart Johnson)
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