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

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presence chamber

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

The hall leading to the presence chamber was lined with the priests and priestesses from Egyplosis in attendance on the goddess.

From The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar by Bradshaw, William Richard

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

Then, at a given moment, one of the bays of King Henry's presence chamber was thrown open, and the Queen herself appeared at the window.

From The Tangled Skein by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

On the second floor was the presence chamber, finished with carved oak wainscoting and a ceiling full of gilded pendants.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Aikin, Lucy