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privy chamber
noun
a private apartment in a royal residence.
Archaic.a room reserved for the private or exclusive use of some particular person.
privy chamber
noun
a private apartment inside a royal residence
archaica private room reserved for the use of a specific person or group
Word History and Origins
Origin of privy chamber1
Example Sentences
Rafe is in the king’s privy chamber now, his liaison man.
The most coveted office in the monarchy’s Privy Chamber was Groom of the Stool, who attended on the king’s defecation and looked after the royal chamber pot.
Look for the Privy Chamber of Murat III, with its indoor pool, gilded fireplace, and walls decorated with blue, white, and coral Iznik tiles from the 16th century.
He became, after his patron's death, Serjeant-Painter, and Groom of the Privy Chamber.
See also Pegge’s Curialia, published partly before and partly after this volume; and Carlisle’s Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber, published in 1829.
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