presence chamber

noun Chiefly British.

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

Nearby words

preseason, preselect, preselector, presell, presence, presence chamber, presence of mind, presenile, presenile dementia, presenility, present

Origin of presence chamber

First recorded in 1555–65

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Examples from the Web for presence chamber

But the stranger declined the civility, and walked boldly into the presence-chamber of the sublime podesta.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 12, Issue 340, Supplementary Number (1828)|Various
A motto more suited to the presence-chamber of Byzantium than the camp-fires of a Gothic King.
The Letters of Cassiodorus|Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)
The presence-chamber was hung with Gobelin tapestry, its floor strewn with rushes.
History of the United Netherlands, 1584-86, Vol. I. (of IV) Complete|John Lothrop Motley
Here Selby came hastily from the other room, to say, that his Grace of Buckingham had just entered the presence-chamber.
Peveril of the Peak|Sir Walter Scott

To the astonishment of Alroy, this presence-chamber appeared at this moment to blaze with light.
Alroy|Benjamin Disraeli

British Dictionary definitions for presence chamber

presence chamber

noun

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

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