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31cabinet — I. noun Etymology: Middle French, small room, diminutive of Middle French dialect (Picard) cabine gambling house Date: circa 1550 1. a. a case or cupboard usually having doors and shelves b. a collection of specimens especially of biological or… …
32councilof ministers — council of ministers n. pl. councils of ministers A body of advisers to a head of state. * * * …
33Papinian — /peuh pin ee euhn/, n. (Aemilius Papinianus) died A.D. 212, Roman jurist and writer. * * * ▪ Roman jurist Latin in full Aemilius Papinianus born AD 140, probably Emesa, Syria died 212 Roman jurist who posthumously became the definitive… …
34privy council — noun a) A body of advisers to a sovereign functioning much as a cabinet. b) The British Privy Council …
35Denys Bray — Sir Denys de Saumarez Bray, KCSI, KCIE, CBE (29 November 1875 – 19 November 1951) was an etymologist and Secretary of the Foreign Department of the Government of India. Bray s publications evidence his deep understanding of the Brahui language… …
36Privy Council — The body of advisers appointed to advise the monarch. It was an offshoot of the *curia regis composed of the king s tenants in chief, household officials, and indeed anyone else the king chose. From it grew larger councils, which in turn emerged… …
37Privy Council — noun a body of advisers appointed by a sovereign or a Governor General (now chiefly on an honorary basis and including government ministers). ↘chiefly historical a sovereign s or Governor General s private counsellors. Derivatives privy… …
38cabinet — noun 1》 a cupboard with drawers or shelves for storing or displaying articles. ↘a wooden box, container, or piece of furniture housing a radio, television set, or speaker. 2》 (also Cabinet) (in the UK, Canada, and other Commonwealth… …
39cabinet — n. 1. Closet, boudoir, by room, small room, private room, retired apartment, private apartment. 2. Collection (of antiquities, curiosities, specimens, etc.). 3. Case, set of encased drawers. 4. Ministry, council, body of advisers …
40council — n. 1. Cabinet, ministry, body of advisers. 2. Assembly (for consultation), meeting, congress, diet, synod, convocation, convention …
