Definition of private

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Private (a.) Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life..

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Library :: Library (n.) A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library..
Conventicle :: Conventicle (n.) An assembly for religious worship; esp., such an assembly held privately, as in times of persecution, by Nonconformists or Dissenters in England, or by Covenanters in Scotland; -- often used opprobriously, as if those assembled were heretics or schismatics..
Token :: Token (n.) A piece of metal intended for currency, and issued by a private party, usually bearing the name of the issuer, and redeemable in lawful money. Also, a coin issued by government, esp. when its use as lawful money is limited and its intrinsic value is much below its nominal value..
Self-interest :: Self-interest (n.) Private interest; the interest or advantage of one's self.
Dispark :: Dispark (v. t.) To throw (a park or inclosure); to treat (a private park) as a common.
Carpetbagger :: Carpetbagger (n.) An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865).
Hall :: Hall (n.) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment..
Dedimus :: Dedimus (n.) A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc..
Jobber :: "Jobber (n.) One who turns official or public business to private advantage; hence, one who performs low or mercenary work in office, politics, or intrigue..
By-street :: By-street (n.) A separate, private, or obscure street; an out of the way or cross street..
Inward :: Inward (a.) Intimate; domestic; private.
Concierge :: Concierge (n.) One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female..
Private :: Private (n.) Personal interest; particular business.
Particularity :: Particularity (n.) Something of special or private concern or interest.
Chase :: Chase (v.) An open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is private properly, thus differing from a forest, which is not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed. Sometimes written chace..
Whisper :: Whisper (v. t.) To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.
Public :: Public (a.) Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to private; as, the public treasury..
Inside :: Inside (n.) The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which is within; private thoughts and feelings..
Bolting :: Bolting (n.) A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court..
Private :: Private (n.) Privacy; retirement.
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