Privacies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Privacy \Pri"va*cy\, n.; pl. {Privacies}. [See {Private}.]
     1. The state of being in retirement from the company or
        observation of others; seclusion.
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     2. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat;


        solitude; retirement.
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              Her sacred privacies all open lie.    --Rowe.
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     3. Concealment of what is said or done. --Shak.
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     4. A private matter; a secret. --Fuller.
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     5. See {Privity}, 2. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot.
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