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Presence chamber   /prˈɛzəns tʃˈeɪmbər/   Listen
noun
Presence  n.  
1.
The state of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand; opposed to absence.
2.
The place in which one is present; the part of space within one's ken, call, influence, etc.; neighborhood without the intervention of anything that forbids intercourse. "Wrath shell be no more Thenceforth, but in thy presence joy entire."
3.
Specifically, neighborhood to the person of one of superior of exalted rank; also, presence chamber. "In such a presence here to plead my thoughts." "An't please your grace, the two great cardinals. Wait in the presence."
4.
The whole of the personal qualities of an individual; person; personality; especially, the person of a superior, as a sovereign. "The Sovran Presence thus replied."
5.
An assembly, especially of person of rank or nobility; noble company. "Odmar, of all this presence does contain, Give her your wreath whom you esteem most fair."
6.
Port, mien; air; personal appearence. "Rather dignity of presence than beauty of aspect." "A graceful presence bespeaks acceptance."
Presence chamber, or Presence room, the room in which a great personage receives company. " Chambers of presence."
Presence of mind, that state of the mind in which all its faculties are alert, prompt, and acting harmoniously in obedience to the will, enabling one to reach, as it were spontaneously or by intuition, just conclusions in sudden emergencies.






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"Presence chamber" Quotes from Famous Books



... conjectured that it was the ballad. He "was nothing dismayed;" and in the morning went readily to the Tower, where he waited in the presence chamber talking ...
— The Reign of Mary Tudor • James Anthony Froude

... davenport, bookcase, cabinet, canterbury; escritoire, etagere, vargueno, vitrine. chamber, apartment, room, cabin; office, court, hall, atrium; suite of rooms, apartment [U.S.], flat, story; saloon, salon, parlor; by-room, cubicle; presence chamber; sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room; gallery, cabinet, closet; pew, box; boudoir; adytum, sanctum; bedroom, dormitory; refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger; nursery, schoolroom; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... 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 ...
— Art in England - Notes and Studies • Dutton Cook

... New Year's Day, at the appointed time, I accordingly repaired to the Salon destined for the Corps Diplomatique. I there found many people assembled, and a table set out with a good breakfast, coffee, tea, all sorts of wine and liqueurs. We were at length ushered into the Presence Chamber and formed a circle ...
— The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope v. I. • A. M. W. Stirling (compiler)

... the curtain of inwrought tapestry rose from the platina door. Those who had been waiting beyond its threshold for admittance, were summoned by the Heralds to appear. Ambassadors from the Kings of the East and the Kings of the West entered the Presence Chamber. On they filed in long and solemn procession. They all bowed as they passed the Throne, each one depositing an urn of pure gold at the feet of the Monarch. The urns were filled with the ashes of those who had fallen in battle, heroes ...
— The Continental Monthly, Volume V. Issue I • Various



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