presence chamber

noun

A room, in a royal palace, in which a monarch receives visitors.

Meanings

nounpresence chamber (plural presence chambers)

plural presence chambers · alternative presence

  1. A room, in a royal palace, in which a monarch receives visitors.

    […] so they might spend the livelong day as befitteth high holiday, in pleasure and action without care, and thereafter revel in the lofty presence chamber till night grew old with eating and drinking and all delight.

    1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 7

    Synonyms: presence room

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA room, in a royal palace, in which a monarch receives visitors.

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