3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Privilege  \Priv"i*lege\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Privileged};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Privileging}.]  [Cf.  F.  privil['e]gier.] 
  1.  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  --Shak. 
 
  2.  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.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Privileged  \Priv"i*leged\,  a. 
  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.  --Wharton. 
  --Burrill. 
 
  {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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  privileged 
  adj  1:  blessed  with  privileges;  "the  privileged  few"  [ant:  {underprivileged}] 
  2:  not  subject  to  usual  rules  or  penalties;  "a  privileged 
  statement" 
  3:  confined  to  an  exclusive  or  group  "privy  to  inner 
  knowledge";  "inside  information";  privileged  information" 
  [syn:  {inside},  {inner}] 

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