Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see private, language.

A member of a privy council; a close, intimate advisor, usually to a monarch.

A Christian doctrine, interpreted among Catholics and some Protestants as allowing the dissolution of a marriage between two non-baptized persons in the case that one (but not both) of the partners seeks baptism and converts to Christianity and the other partner leaves the marriage.

plural of private member's bill

plural of privatdocent

Alternative form of privatdozent

plural of privateness

plural of privateering

anarcho-capitalism

(in German-speaking countries) An associate professor (in a university) who has obtained a doctorate, written a habilitation thesis and given a lecture in the hope of becoming a full professor.