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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Same as presence-chamber.

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  • “When I renewed my visit, I found the street-door opened to me as if by enchantment; but in my passage towards the presence-room, I was met by the valet-de-chambre, who cast some furious looks at me the meaning of which I could not comprehend.”

    The Adventures of Roderick Random

  • “Sussex returned the reverence with the same formal civility, and entered the presence-room.”

    Kenilworth

  • ““An it please your Grace,” said Bowyer, “it is the same against whom I this instant closed the door of the presence-room.””

    Kenilworth

  • “No sooner had he entered the presence-room, than he hastily sought Lord”

    The Fortunes of Nigel

  • “The corridor through which I passed from the palace steps, and the presence-room, are both plain and handsome.”

    Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823

  • “Edward found himself in a presence-room, fitted up with some attempt at royal state.”

    The Waverley

  • “With these they attired Akinosuke as befitted a princely bridegroom; and he was then conducted to the presence-room, where he saw the Kokuo of Tokoyo seated upon the daiza, [3] wearing a high black cap of state, and robed in robes of yellow silk.”

    Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

  • “On entering the presence-room he saw the Lord Hosokawa seated upon the dais, surrounded by samurai of high rank, in caps and robes of ceremony.”

    Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

  • “Lords of the land going into the presence-room and after a short time, when the Divan was made complete by the Ministers and high”

    Arabian nights. English

  • “No sooner had he entered the presence-room, than he hastily sought”

    The Fortunes of Nigel

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