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

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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

In his privy chamber he had his chief chamberlain, vice-chamberlain, and two gentlemen-ushers.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 Great Britain and Ireland, part 1 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey

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

This also agrees with an examination of four other returned mariners of the same ship, taken before Sir Francis Godolphin, and sent by him to master William Killegrue of her majestys privy chamber.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Robert Kerr

Cicely knelt down, the Queen bending over her, while she murmured in her ear, "He saw Cuthbert Langston, by a feigned name, admitted to Mr. Secretary Walsingham's privy chamber."

From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Charlotte Mary Yonge

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