Definitions
1.noun(ecclesiastical law) An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope.
2.nounA particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment."All first-year professors here must teach four courses a term, yet you're only teaching one! What entitled you to such a privilege?"
3.nounAn especially rare or fortunate opportunity; the good fortune (to do something).
4.nounThe fact of being privileged; the status or existence of (now especially social or economic) benefit or advantage within a given society.
5.nounA right or immunity enjoyed by a legislative body or its members.
6.nounA stock market option.
7.nounA common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court."Your honor, my client is not required to answer that; her response is protected by attorney-client privilege."
8.nounAn ability to perform an action on the system that can be selectively granted or denied to users.
9.verbTo grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize"to privilege representatives from arrest"
10.verbTo bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.