privy chamber

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privy chamber

n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a private apartment inside a royal residence
2. archaic a private room reserved for the use of a specific person or group
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Saouy, who witnessed the agitation of the people from the windows of the king's privy chambers, called to the executioner to strike at once.
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This was Sir John Russell, gentleman of the Privy Chamber, soldier, ambassador, and favorite of King Henry VIII.
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