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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chamber \Cham"ber\, n. [F. chambre, fr L. camera vault, arched roof, in LL chamber, fr Gr ? anything with a vaulted roof or arched covering; cf Skr. kmar to be crooked. Cf {Camber}, {Camera}, {Comrade}.] 1. A retired room esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as the house had four chambers. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 2. pl Apartments in a lodging house. ``A bachelor's life in chambers.'' --Thackeray. 3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as presence chamber; senate chamber. 4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce. 5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye. 6. pl (Law.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court. 7. A chamber pot. [Colloq.] 8. (Mil.) a That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns. b A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form to contain the powder. c A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. {Air chamber}. See {Air chamber}, in the Vocabulary. {Chamber of commerce}, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of a city. {Chamber council}, a secret council. --Shak. {Chamber} {counsel or counselor}, a counselor who gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not advocate causes in court. {Chamber fellow}, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum. {Chamber hangings}, tapestry or hangings for a chamber. {Chamber lye}, urine. --Shak. {Chamber music}, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room instead of a theater, concert hall, or church. {Chamber practice} (Law.), the practice of counselors at law, who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in court. {To sit at chambers}, to do business in chambers, as a judge. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chamber \Cham"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chambered}; p. pr & vb n. {Chambering}.] 1. To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers. 2. To be lascivious. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chamber \Cham"ber\, v. t. 1. To shut up as in a chamber. --Shak. 2. To furnish with a chamber; as to chamber a gun. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chamber n 1: a natural or artificial enclosed space 2: an enclosed volume (as the aqueous chamber of the eyeball or the chambers of the heart) 3: a room where a judge transacts business 4: a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly; "the upper chamber is the senate" 5: a room used primarily for sleeping [syn: {bedroom}, {sleeping room}, {bedchamber}] v : place in a chamber From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Chamber "on the wall," which the Shunammite prepared for the prophet Elisha (2 Kings 4:10), was an upper chamber over the porch through the hall toward the street. This was the "guest chamber" where entertainments were prepared (Mark 14:14). There were also "chambers within chambers" (1 Kings 22:25; 2 Kings 9:2). To enter into a chamber is used metaphorically of prayer and communion with God (Isa. 26:20). The "chambers of the south" (Job 9:9) are probably the constelations of the southern hemisphere. The "chambers of imagery", i.e., chambers painted with images, as used by Ezekiel (8:12), is an expression denoting the vision the prophet had of the abominations practised by the Jews in Jerusalem.
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