privilege
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privilege XII. ME.
privileg(i)e — AN. *
privilegie (O)F.
privilège — L.
prīvilēgium legal provision affecting an individual, prerogative, f.
prīvus PRIVATE +
lēx,
lēg- law.
So vb. XIV. — (O)F.
privilégier — medL.
prīvilēgiāre. So
privy † private; hidden, secret XIII; participating in knowledge (of) XIV; sb. † intimate XIII; lavatory XIV; (leg.) partaker XV. ME.
prive,
priv(e)y — (O)F.
privé (as sb. in OF. familiar friend, private place):— L.
prīvātus PRIVATE. See
-Y5.
privity † secret thing; † privacy XIII; (chiefly pl.) private parts XIV; private knowledge XVI. — OF.
priveté,
-ité.
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