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ˈcouncil-ˌtable
= council-board. a. lit. †b. The Privy Council. Obs.
1621G. Hakewill K. David's Vow 230 They may sit with me, as it were at Counsel-table. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. (1843) 28/1 The council-table and star-chamber enlarge their jurisdictions to a vast extent. 1678Marvell Growth Popery Wks. 1875 IV. 325 How improper would it seem of a privy-counsellor if in the House of Commons he should not justify the most arbitrary proceedings of the council-table. 1711Addison Spect. No. 61 ⁋2 Pronounced in the most solemn manner at the Council-Table. 1841Penny Cycl. XIX. 23/2 The privy council, or council table, consists of the assembly of the king's privy councillors for matters of state. |