privy chamber

American  

noun

1. a private apartment in a royal residence.

2. Archaic. a room reserved for the private or exclusive use of some particular person.

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privy chamber British  

noun

1. a private apartment inside a royal residence

2. archaic a private room reserved for the use of a specific person or group

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Etymology

Origin of privy chamber

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

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privy chamber

Rafe is in the king’s privy chamber now, his liaison man.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2020

He became sewer in ordinary to Charles I., and a gentleman of his privy chamber; and the King, who was particularly fond of him, gave him the royal domain of Sunninghill in Windsor Forest.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various

The year following, 'the child Bishop, of Paules Church, with his company,' were admitted into the Queen's privy chamber, where he sang before her on Saint Nicholas Day, and upon Holy Innocents Day.

From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by Dawson, William Francis

Then the king called to him Gawain, and Idel likewise he took with him: so led he the wolf into a privy chamber, and when they had come within, shut the door fast.

From Tales from the Old French by Various

Carew “followed the court before he was of it,” not receiving the definite appointment of gentleman of the privy chamber until 1628.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various