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Lord Privy Seal
noun
- a cabinet minister without portfolio.
Lord Privy Seal
noun
- (in Britain) the senior cabinet minister without official duties
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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.
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In the Rockingham ministry of 1782 he was again lord privy seal.
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In spite of repeated requests he received no further preferment until after 1740, when he became lord privy seal.
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