noun
the senior cabinet minister in the British Cabinet who has no official duties
• Hypernyms: ↑cabinet minister
• Member Holonyms: ↑British Cabinet
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noun : a British officer of state who has only nominal official duties as custodian of the privy seal but who is often made a member of the cabinet and given special functions
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(in Britain)
a cabinet minister without portfolio.
[1550-60]
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Lord Privy Seal see under ↑seal1
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Main Entry: ↑privy
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Lord Privy Seal
Formerly the keeper of the Privy Seal, now the senior cabinet minister without official duties
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Main Entry: ↑seal
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Lord Privy Seal,
the official, usually a member of the British cabinet, who is Keeper of the Privy Seal.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.