governor-general-in-council
noun
plural governors-general-in-council
or governor-generals-in-council
Definition of governor-general-in-council
: the governor-general in a member nation of the British Commonwealth acting with the advice and consent of the nation's Privy Council usually as a formal means of giving legal effect to cabinet decisions
in South Africa … all provincial ordinances must be assented to by the governor-general-in-council— Alexander Brady