Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
presence-chamber .
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Examples
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No sooner had he entered the presence-room, than he hastily sought Lord
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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.
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Sussex returned the reverence with the same formal civility, and entered the presence-room.
Kenilworth 2004
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“An it please your Grace,” said Bowyer, “it is the same against whom I this instant closed the door of the presence-room.”
Kenilworth 2004
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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 Maria Graham
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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 Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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Edward found himself in a presence-room, fitted up with some attempt at royal state.
The Waverley 1877
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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 Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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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 Anonymous 1855
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No sooner had he entered the presence-room, than he hastily sought
The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801
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