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privy seal

in Great Britain, the seal placed on documents which are later to receive the great seal or which are not important enough to receive the great seal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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