Careful Words

privileged (adj.)

The chamber where the good man meets his fate

Is privileg'd beyond the common walk

Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.

Edward Young (1684-1765): Night thoughts. Night ii. Line 633.

One murder made a villain,

Millions a hero. Princes were privileged

To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.

Beilby Porteus (1731-1808): Death. Line 154.