clerk of the privy seal

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clerk of the privy seal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Keeper \Keep"er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which,
        holds or has possession of anything.
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     2. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a
        prison and the charge of prisoners.
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     3. One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of
        anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of
        a gate, etc.; the keeper of attached property; hence, one
        who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver.
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              The Lord is thy keeper.               --Ps. cxxi. 6.
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     4. One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
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              Discreet; chaste; keepers at home.    --Titus ii. 5.
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     5. A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object
        in place; as:
        (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock
            protrudes, when shot.
        (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger.
        (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end
            of the strap.
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     6. A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good
        keeper. Hence: Anything perishable that remains in good
        condition longer than usual. -- Downing.
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     7. An iron bar that is placed on the poles of a horseshoe
        magnet, and held in place there by the magnetic force, to
        preserve the strength of the magnet when not in use.
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     Keeper of the forest (O. Eng. Law), an officer who had the
        principal government of all things relating to the forest.
        
  
     Keeper of the great seal, a high officer of state, who has
        custody of the great seal. The office is now united with
        that of lord chancellor. [Eng.]
  
     Keeper of the King's conscience, the lord chancellor; -- a
        name given when the chancellor was an ecclesiastic. [Eng.]
        
  
     Keeper of the privy seal (styled also lord privy seal), a
        high officer of state, through whose hands pass all
        charters, pardons, etc., before they come to the great
        seal. He is a privy councillor, and was formerly called
        clerk of the privy seal. [Eng.]
  
     Keeper of a magnet, a piece of iron which connects the two
        poles, for the purpose of keeping the magnetic power
        undiminished; an armature; called also keeper.
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