Definition of privilege

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Privilege (v. t.) To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest..

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Piscary :: Piscary (n.) The right or privilege of fishing in another man's waters.
Lapse :: Lapse (n.) The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege..
Spread :: Spread (n.) A privilege which one person buys of another, of demanding certain shares of stock at a certain price, or of delivering the same shares of stock at another price, within a time agreed upon..
Concession :: Concession (n.) A thing yielded; an acknowledgment or admission; a boon; a grant; esp. a grant by government of a privilege or right to do something; as, a concession to build a canal..
Regent :: Regent (a.) A resident master of arts of less than five years' standing, or a doctor of less than twwo. They were formerly privileged to lecture in the schools..
Alien :: Alien (n.) One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies..
Bar :: Bar (n.) Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons..
Bailable :: Bailable (a.) Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons..
Sac :: Sac (n.) The privilege formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines..
Guild :: Guild (v. t.) An association of men belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits, formed for mutual aid and protection; a business fraternity or corporation; as, the Stationers' Guild; the Ironmongers' Guild. They were originally licensed by the government, and endowed with special privileges and authority..
Magna Charta :: Magna Charta () Hence, a fundamental constitution which guaranties rights and privileges..
Postliminy :: Postliminy (n.) The return to his own country, and his former privileges, of a person who had gone to sojourn in a foreign country, or had been banished, or taken by an enemy..
Indenizen :: Indenizen (v. t.) To invest with the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize.
Soc :: Soc (n.) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.
Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses..
Faldage :: Faldage (n.) A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; -- often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor..
Liberty :: Liberty (n.) Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe..
Interdict :: Interdict (n.) A prohibition of the pope, by which the clergy or laymen are restrained from performing, or from attending, divine service, or from administering the offices or enjoying the privileges of the church..
Admit :: Admit (v. t.) To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail..
Burgess-ship :: Burgess-ship (n.) The state of privilege of a burgess.
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