PRIVITIES

Noun

privities

plural of privity

Noun

privities pl (plural only)

(archaic) The genitals.

Source: Wiktionary


PRIVITY

Priv"i*ty, n.; pl. Privities (-tîz). Etym: [From Privy, a.: cf. F. privauté extreme familiarity.]

1. Privacy; secrecy; confidence. Chaucer. I will unto you, in privity, discover . . . my purpose. Spenser.

2. Private knowledge; joint knowledge with another of a private concern; cognizance implying consent or concurrence. All the doors were laid open for his departure, not without the privity of the Prince of Orange. Swift.

3. A private matter or business; a secret. Chaucer.

4. pl.

Definition: The genitals; the privates.

5. (Law)

Definition: A connection, or bond of union, between parties, as to some particular transaction; mutual or successive relationship to the same rights of property.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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