privy council
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"I thought I'm going to buy a modern dress" and then embroider it with the fern motif of the privy council "as a nod to the past".
From BBC • May 11, 2023
In January, Franklin was summoned to appear before the privy council, the king’s most senior advisers.
From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2023
Although he was a Protestant, he was a supporter of the Scotland's Catholic regent, and in 1561 he was appointed to the privy council by the newly widowed Mary on her return to Scotland.
From Salon • Jul. 25, 2022
Such a move would have to be approved by the privy council.
From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2019
He preceded Charles to England to prepare for his reception, and was sworn of the privy council on the 5th of June.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
