privy seal
Noun
Meaning
The personal seal of a English or Scottish monarch.
Synonym: privy signet
A document to which such a seal is attached; specifically, a warrant demanding a loan.
The position of Keeper of the Privy Seal.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgSynonyms
Examples
Register of the Privy Seal, vol. 8 (1982), 485, no. 2742.
In 1960 Macmillan appointed Heath Lord Privy Seal with responsibility for the negotiations to secure the UK's first attempt to join the European Economic Community (as the European Community was then called).