Hypertext Webster Gateway: "privacies"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Privacy \Pri"va*cy\, n.; pl. {Privacies}. [See {Private}.]
1. The state of being in retirement from the company or
observation of others; seclusion.

2. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat;
solitude; retirement.

Her sacred privacies all open lie. --Rowe.

3. Concealment of what is said or done. --Shak.

4. A private matter; a secret. --Fuller.

5. See {Privity}, 2. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot.


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