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Presence chamber   /prˈɛzəns tʃˈeɪmbər/   Listen
Presence chamber

noun
1.
Room in which a monarch or other great person receives guests, assemblies, etc..





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"Presence chamber" Quotes from Famous Books



... 1681, he received the sum of L6845, 8s. 4d. Vertue copied the account 'from a half-sheet of paper fairly writ in a hand of the time.' It particularizes the rooms decorated, and the cost. For the king's guard chamber, L300; for the king's presence chamber, L200; for the queen's drawing-room, L250; for the queen's bed-chamber, L100; and so on, until the enormous total is reached. Of his paintings in St. George's Hall Evelyn writes, 'Verrio's invention is admirable, his ordnance full and flowing, antique and heroical; his figures move; ...
— Art in England - Notes and Studies • Dutton Cook


Words linked to "Presence chamber" :   room


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