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The gentlemen of the privy chamber were responsible for attending to the personal needs and daily activities of the monarch. This included tasks such as dressing and undressing the king or queen, serving meals, assisting with grooming, and providing companionship and entertainment. They played a crucial role in maintaining the comfort and privacy of the monarch.
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What does privy mean in shakespeare?
This word has two related meanings. Essentially it is an an adjective which means "private" so a "privy chamber" is a private one, and a king's "privy council" is one that deliberates in private, unlike parliament, which deliberates in public. The word is used especially in the phrase "to be privy to" which means to be in on a secret. Thus we have Proteus saying in The Two Gentlemen of Verona "Sir Valentine, my friend, this night intends to steal away your daughter; myself am one made privy to the plot." Hamlet asks the ghost "If thou art privy to thy country's fate . . . O speak!" Friar Lawrence says when explaining to the Prince how Romeo and Juliet died "and to the marriage her nurse is privy."
What where the Middle Age toilets called?
Privies or privy, chambers, royal chamber.
What are some other words for toilet?
chamber pot, commode, urinal, latrine, privy, bathroom, restroom, washroom, john, lavatory,
What is a sentence for privy?
Which privy? If using privy as in possession of knowledge: I'm not privy to those details. If privy as in a British term for an outhouse: John has been in the privy so long I've begun to wonder if he has fallen in.
What is privy garden?
Privy garden or privy pit?If you meant privy pit its where the people used to go to the bathroom a long time ago.
What is a privy?
A privy is where people would go to the bathroom.
How do you use the word 'privy' in a sentence?
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Can you give an example of a sentence using the word privy?
I was not privy to the details of the confidential meeting.
What is a sentence using the word privy?
the word 'privy means included, so you cansay for ins tance:: I was privy to the conversation between the President and the Queen!" Also "privy" was a slang term used in England for toilet
What is a privy cleaner?
In the Middle Ages, a privy cleaner was a toilet cleaner.
When was Privy Council Ministry created?
Privy Council Ministry was created in 1679.
Picture of classification of sanitary pit privy toilet?
sanitary pit privy
