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单词 privy chamber
释义

privy chamber


noun

a private apartment in a royal residence.
Archaic. a room reserved for the private or exclusive use of some particular person.

Origin of privy chamber

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Words nearby privy chamber

privileged site, privily, privity, priv. pr., privy, privy chamber, privy coat, privy council, privy purse, privy seal, prix fixe
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Example sentences from the Web for privy chamber

  • After dinner, in her privy-chamber, he gave her a fair pair of virginals.

    Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth|Lucy Aikin
  • The body of the servants were in the Great Hall, as now in the guard-chamber, privy-chamber, &c.

    Nooks and Corners of English Life, Past and Present|John Timbs
  • I had followed him to the door of the privy-chamber, and waited among the pages.

    The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3|Jane West

British Dictionary definitions for privy chamber

privy chamber

noun

a private apartment inside a royal residence
archaic a private room reserved for the use of a specific person or group
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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