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

Also, "John Beauchamp, steward of the household to the king, James Beroverse, and John Salisbury, knights, gentlemen of the privy chamber, were in like manner condemned."

From An Essay on the Trial by Jury by Spooner, Lysander

So his uncle took him apart into a privy chamber, and there he opened out his heart, and made plain to him all this business.

From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene

Then Bagoas went into his privy chamber and stood before the curtain, and clapped his hands together.

From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Wells, Philip P.

In 1737 he became deputy-inspector of plays and in 1745 groom of the privy chamber; both appointments being due to the patronage of the Duke of Grafton.

From Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge by Greg, W. W.