Privy Council (English notation)PrivyCouncil

Japanese: Privy Council（英語表記）PrivyCouncil

…The word cabinet was borrowed from French as a nickname for a secret council of state affairs consisting of a small number of ministers and favorites trusted by the king. The name originated from secret meetings held in the king's inner room, the cabinet. However, it was criticized and feared for usurping the powers of the Privy Council, the official state affairs advisory body and the parent body of the cabinet meeting, and becoming a gathering place for wicked people who supported the monarch's autocracy. As a result, Charles II was forced to declare the de facto abolition of the cabinet, known as the Committee of Foreign Affairs. …

From the Cabinet

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[History in the UK]
The British parliamentary cabinet system had a major impact not only on Japan but also on the world since the 19th century, but as the proponents of the Meiji Constitution pointed out, its establishment owed much to the long period of trial and error and the country's distinctive historical circumstances. Its origins date back to the Privy Council, an advisory body to the king made up of members of the privileged social class. In the 17th century, in order to overcome the expansion of the Privy Council and political restrictions, the king increasingly tended to invite only some of its favorites and influential ministers to secret meetings in his own cabinet, which became known as the cabinet council.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Privy Council" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…内閣cabinetという言葉は，国王の信任する少数の大臣･寵臣からなる非公開の国政諮問会議のあだ名として，フランス語から借用された。国王の奥の間cabinetで秘密会議が開かれたのが名称の起源であるが，公式の国政諮問機関であり内閣会議の母体でもある枢密院Privy Councilの権能を簒奪し，国王専制を担う君側の奸（かん）のたまり場になると非難，警戒された。ためにチャールズ2世は外交委員会という名の事実上の内閣廃止を，一度は宣言せざるを得なかった。…

【内閣】より

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［イギリスにおける沿革］
　イギリスの議院内閣制は，日本のみならず19世紀以降の世界に大きな影響を及ぼしたが，その成立は，明治憲法の推進者たちも指摘したように，長期にわたる試行錯誤と同国に顕著な歴史事情に負う面が強い。その起源は身分的特権層からなる国王の諮問機関，枢密院Privy Councilにさかのぼる。17世紀に入り，同院の膨張や政治的拘束を克服するため，その中の一部寵臣，有力大臣のみを国王がみずからの奥の間cabinetの秘密会議に招く傾向が強まり，それが奥の間会議cabinet councilと通称された。…

※「Privy Council」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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