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Private :: Private (a.) Having secret or private knowledge; privy.

Private :: Private (a.) Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary..

Private :: Private (a.) Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding..

Unappropriate :: Unappropriate (v. t.) To take from private possession; to restore to the possession or right of all; as, to unappropriate a monopoly..

Self-affairs :: Self-affairs (n. pl.) One's own affairs; one's private business.

By-room :: By-room (n.) A private room or apartment.

Oratory :: Oratory (n.) A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions..

Cabal :: Cabal (n.) A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue; a secret association composed of a few designing persons; a junto..

Respectively :: Respectively (adv.) Partially; with respect to private views.

Hospital :: Hospital (n.) A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for..

Postern :: Postern (n.) Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate..

Lancepesade :: Lancepesade (n.) An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also lance corporal.

Idiot :: Idiot (n.) A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office..

Job :: Job (v. i.) To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.

Privateness :: Privateness (n.) Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy.

Entertainment :: Entertainment (n.) That which entertains, or with which one is entertained; as: (a) Hospitality; hospitable provision for the wants of a guest; especially, provision for the table; a hospitable repast; a feast; a formal or elegant meal. (b) That which engages the attention agreeably, amuses or diverts, whether in private, as by conversation, etc., or in public, by performances of some kind; amusement..

Privateness :: Privateness (n.) The state of one not invested with public office.

Countersign :: Countersign (a.) A private signal, word, or phrase, which must be given in order to pass a sentry; a watchword..

Auricular :: Auricular (a.) Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest..

Chairman :: Chairman (n.) The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body..

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