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/prˈɪvlədʒd/ /prˈɪvlɪdʒd/ /prˈɪvɪlədʒd/ /prˈɪvɪlɪdʒd/ Listen

verb

Privilege v. t. (past & past part. privileged; pres. part. privileging)

To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest. "To privilege dishonor in thy name."

To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver. "He took this place for sanctuary, And it shall privilege him from your hands."

adjective

Privileged adj. Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right, advantage, or immunity.

Privileged communication. (Law)

(a)

A communication which can not be disclosed without the consent of the party making it, such as those made by a client to his legal adviser, or by persons to their religious or medical advisers.

(b)

A communication which does not expose the party making it to indictment for libel, such as those made by persons communicating confidentially with a government, persons consulted confidentially as to the character of servants, etc.

Privileged debts (Law), those to which a preference in payment is given out of the estate of a deceased person, or out of the estate of an insolvent.

Privileged witnesses (Law) witnesses who are not obliged to testify as to certain things, as lawyers in relation to their dealings with their clients, and officers of state as to state secrets; also, by statute, clergymen and physicans are placed in the same category, so far as concerns information received by them professionally.

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Etymology of 'Privileged'

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"Privileged" Quotes from Famous Books

... panegyrist of physical perfection, "extends its prestige to posterity itself, and attaches a charm for centuries to the name alone of the privileged creatures upon whom it has pleased heaven to bestow it." Beauty has also its epochs. It does not belong to all men and to all ages to enjoy it in its exquisite perfection. As there are fashions which spoil it, ...

— Political Women (Vol. 1 of 2) • Sutherland Menzies

... soul. All this has endured since the days of St. Patrick, who so ordained it. The Land of Promise is more marvellous still; there an eternal day reigns; all the plants have flowers, all the trees bear fruits. Some privileged men alone have visited it. On their return a perfume is perceived to come from them, which their ...

— Literary and Philosophical Essays • Various

... my friend drove was a magnificent 22-horse Daimler, built to his own specification and capable of doing considerably more than any car I had hitherto been privileged to ride upon. Of course while passing through the streets there was little chance of exhibiting its capabilities. Yet even there, the way the car glided in and out of the traffic, delicately responsive to the slightest touch ...

— The Motor Pirate • George Sidney Paternoster

... peace with himself and the world—that is, so much of the world as he acknowledged. Beyond the community of his own sect, and a few personal friends who were privileged to live on its borders, he neither knew nor cared to know much more of the human race than if it belonged to a planet farther from the sun. In the discipline of the Friends he was perfect; he was privileged to sit on the high seats, with ...

— Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home • Bayard Taylor

... Teutons or Italians, in their religious systems. Long before the Romans came in contact with them the magic science is said to have been developed, and the priests, like those of India or Egypt, communicated the mysteries only to a privileged few, with circumstances of profound secrecy. Such was the excellence of the magic science of the British Druids, that Pliny (Hist. Nat. xxx.) was induced to suppose that the Magi of Persia must have derived their system from Britain. ...

— The Superstitions of Witchcraft • Howard Williams

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