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

Rafe is in the king’s privy chamber now, his liaison man.

From The Guardian • Feb. 22, 2020

He gained his favour, was made a gentleman of the privy chamber and one of the king's carvers, and was knighted in 1607.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

The officers of his privy chamber shall be loving together, no grudging or grumbling, or talking of the king's pastime.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 326, August 9, 1828 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 Kerr, Robert

This diwani-khas, or privy chamber, is pointed out as the place where the emperor held his celebrated religious controversies.

From Modern India by Curtis, William Eleroy