Privy-chamber
noun
1.
a private apartment in a royal residence.
2.
Archaic. a room reserved for the private or exclusive use of some particular person.
privy chamber
noun
1.
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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