privy council

枢密院,议会,私营委员会

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a board or select body of personal advisers, as of a sovereign.
- : a body of persons who advise the sovereign in matters of state, the majority of members being selected by the prime minister.
- : any similar body, as one appointed to assist the governor of a British dominion.

nounadvisory council

Synonyms

In secret, before the referendum, the council went ahead and fluoridated the water anyway.
A spokesman for Lewisham council said last year that it would be forced to act if the family returned to Britain.
Haringey Council told The Daily Beast that the children had not been taken permanently into state care.
Kirill represented the Moscow Patriarchate at the World Council of Churches in the early 1970s.
Thinking there was another way, I met a few times with the president of the Interfraternity Council.
The council of Trent was prorogued for two years; it did not assemble again until 1562.
For a "cold collation on the occasion of the audit" our Council always allows 10.
By the last-mentioned staircase access is obtained by the general public to the Council Chamber.
The royal Audiencia has investigated this matter, on petition of the cabildo, in order to refer it to that royal council.
Old feuds were settled in the old way and six inches of steel were more potent than the longest Order in Council.