Civil list Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a sum of money voted by British Parliament each year for the expenses of the British royal family
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- (Great Britain & U.S.), the civil officers of government, as judges, ambassadors, secretaries, etc. Hence, the revenues or appropriations of public money for the support of the civil officers. More recently, the civil list, in England, embraces only the expenses of the reigning monarch's household.
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