privy

[priv·y]

If you're privy to something, you've been let in on a secret or know about something that most people don't. Not many people are privy to what those top secret documents are all about, for example.

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Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse.

Noun
a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate

Noun
a room equipped with toilet facilities

Adjective S.
hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"

a.
Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse.

a.
Secret; clandestine.

a.
Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public.

a.
Admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction; secretly cognizant; privately knowing.

n.
A partaker; a person having an interest in any action or thing; one who has an interest in an estate created by another; a person having an interest derived from a contract or conveyance to which he is not himself a party. The term, in its proper sense, is distinguished from party.

n.
A necessary house or place; a backhouse.

Privy

Priv"y , a. [F. priv'82, fr. L. privatus. See Private.] 1. Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. " Privee knights and squires." Chaucer. 2. Secret; clandestine. " A privee thief." Chaucer. 3. Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public. " Privy chambers." Ezek. xxi. 14. 4. Admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction; secretly cognizant; privately knowing.

His wife also being privy to it.

Myself am one made privy to the plot.

Privy chamber, a private apartment in a royal residence. [Eng.] -- Privy council (Eng. Law), the principal council of the sovereign, composed of the cabinet ministers and other persons chosen by the king or queen. Burrill. -- Privy councilor, a member of the privy council. -- Privy purse, moneys set apart for the personal use of the monarch; also, the title of the person having charge of these moneys. [Eng.] Macaulay. -- Privy seal ∨ signed, the seal which the king uses in grants, etc., which are to pass the great seal, or which the uses in matters of subordinate consequence which do not require the great seal; also, elliptically, the principal secretary of state, or person intrusted with the privy seal. [Eng.] -- Privy verdict, a verdict given privily to the judge out of court; -- now disused. Burrill.

Privy

Priv"y, n.; pl. Privies . 1. (Law) A partaker; a person having an interest in any action or thing; one who has an interest in an estate created by another; a person having an interest derived from a contract or conveyance to which he is not himself a party. The term, in its proper sense, is distinguished from party. Burrill. Wharton. 2. A necessary house or place; a backhouse.

Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse.

A partaker; a person having an interest in any action or thing; one who has an interest in an estate created by another; a person having an interest derived from a contract or conveyance to which he is not himself a party. The term, in its proper sense, is distinguished from party.

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Usage Examples

We are not really privy to all that crazy stuff that goes on in the show. I go to work, eat, and talk about food. The wild things happen when we aren't around. I expected Top Chef to last three or four seasons and we are now shooting season ten.

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Other Usage Examples

Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?

I wasn't privy to all of the intelligence that was coming in about Guatemala, but I did see the traffic that was coming in from Guatemala City, because it was very relevant to me, and of course I exchanged what I had with the chief of station in Guatemala City.