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 altar,
privileged site,
privily,
privity,
privy,
privy chamber,
privy coat,
privy council,
privy purse,
privy seal,
prix fixe
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 AikinThe body of the servants were in the Great Hall, as now in the guard-chamber, privy-chamber, &c.
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