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Term: Privy purse

Definition: Privy purse refers to the personal funds of a monarch or member of royalty, separate from public funds.

Part of speech: Noun

Sense 1: The private financial resources of a reigning monarch.

Example sentence: Queen Victoria's privy purse allowed her to indulge in her personal luxuries.

Sense 2: A grant of funds to support the personal and private expenses of a royal family member.

Example sentence: The king allocated a considerable sum from the royal treasury as a privy purse for his son's activities.

Sense 3: The official budgetary allocation or allowance given to a state governor or high-ranking government official for their private use.

Example sentence: The state conferred a generous privy purse upon the newly appointed governor.

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