privy seal in English
noun
1
(in the UK) a seal affixed to documents that are afterward to pass the Great Seal or that do not require it.
As first the great seal and then the privy seal were regarded by monarchs as too public, the keeper of the signet rose in importance.
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1. 22 His access to patronage, too, was gained through privy Seal connections.
2. On 4 October 140 when Henry's government was at its nadir, he finally became keeper of the Privy Seal.
3. 18 Letters under the privy seal were prepared by the thousand, and instructions were sent to the chief commissioners in each shire.