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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
- archaic.a private room reserved for the use of a specific person or group
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Word History and Origins
Origin of privy chamber1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
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Example Sentences
He gained his favour, was made a gentleman of the privy chamber and one of the king's carvers, and was knighted in 1607.
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He was much alarmed at the possible success of some project for bringing her to her old place in the Privy Chamber.
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Conduct the Princess to her privy chamber and do not permit her to leave it without my permission.
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The body of the servants were in the Great Hall, as now in the guard-chamber, privy-chamber, &c.
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The partner of her guilt was an organist of the Privy Chamber, who is in the Tower as well.
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