presence chamber

American  

noun

Chiefly British.

1. the special room in which a great personage, as a sovereign, receives guests, holds audiences, etc.

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presence chamber British  

noun

1. the room in which a great person, such as a monarch, receives guests, assemblies, etc

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Etymology

Origin of presence chamber

First recorded in 1555–65

Example Sentences

The guest had been but a short time in the presence chamber when Lord Stafford emerged from the apartment with pale face.

From In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls by De Land, Clyde Osmer

A bright flash shot from the centre of the dark threatening column, and curled towards the king, a sickening sulphuric fume filling the presence chamber, and the necromancer vanished in the thick smoke.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis

She requested him to sit upon the veranda, to wait for her coming from the spirit's presence chamber.

From A Yankee from the West A Novel by Read, Opie Percival

"The presence chamber," he said, in a whisper.

From The Doomsman by Sutphen, Van Tassel

The doors of the presence chamber were thrown open before her.

From Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Morgan, Louisa