"privity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɹɪvɪti/ Forms: privities [plural]
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman priveté, privitee et al., Old French priveté, from privé + -té. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|xno|priveté}} Anglo-Norman priveté, {{m|fro|privitee}} privitee, {{uder|en|fro|priveté}} Old French priveté, {{m|fro|privé}} privé, {{m|fro|-té}} -té Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} privity (countable and uncountable, plural privities)
  1. (obsolete) A divine mystery; something known only to God, or revealed only in holy scriptures. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-privity-en-noun-JfdoY2K8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 0 2 12 4 2 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 71 1 6 11 8 3
  2. (now rare, archaic) Privacy, secrecy. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-privity-en-noun-GmooEh2G
  3. (obsolete) A private matter, a secret. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-privity-en-noun-aS-n9D9l
  4. (archaic, in the plural) The genitals. Tags: archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable
    Sense id: en-privity-en-noun-0ua0mudF
  5. (law) A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, e.g. contract, estate, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-privity-en-noun-b-DZgcah Topics: law
  6. The fact of being privy to something; knowledge, compliance. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-privity-en-noun-t387PZ~E
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: horizontal privity, vertical privity

Inflected forms

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