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Privy Purse Definition


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Privy Purse
noun
    1. An allowance granted to the sovereign by Parliament for private expenses.
    2. The official in the royal household in charge of paying the royal expenses.
      Form: Keeper of the Privy Purse (also)
Etymology: 17c.



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