privy chamber
Americannoun
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a private apartment in a royal residence.
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Archaic. a room reserved for the private or exclusive use of some particular person.
noun
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a private apartment inside a royal residence
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archaic a private room reserved for the use of a specific person or group
Etymology
Origin of privy chamber
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Example Sentences
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Rafe is in the king’s privy chamber now, his liaison man.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2020
Bent on hearing the story, the King, when the tables were cleared, took Minuccio into his privy chamber; and there Minuccio told him everything exactly as he had heard it from Lisa's lips.
From The Decameron, Volume II by Rigg, J. M. (James Macmullen)
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
Three gentlemen-cupbearers, gentlemen-carvers, and servers to the amount of forty in the great and the privy chamber; six gentlemen-ushers and eight grooms.
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 Great Britain and Ireland, part 1 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
At length Lord Marnell caught sight of the Earl of Surrey, who with some hesitation consented to introduce him into the privy chamber.
From Mistress Margery by Holt, Emily Sarah
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