bedchamber
part of speech
noun (a bedchamber, bedchambers — old)
meaning for a pupil
(old, formal) A bedroom, especially in a palace or a grand house. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: The rabbis took the verse about cursing the king in your bedchamber as a warning that nothing said in secret is truly hidden, and that careless words can come back to harm you. In the primary lessons: Found in old stories, fairy tales, the Bible and history about kings and queens: «the king's bedchamber». It gives the reader a grand, old-fashioned feeling. «Lady of the Bedchamber» is a title for a queen's helper.
examples
- Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought, and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber; for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. (Writings ECC.10.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- The princess slept in a grand bedchamber. tree →
- The prince crept into the king's bedchamber. tree →
- Servants lit the fire in the queen's bedchamber. tree →
- In the old castle we saw the royal bedchamber. tree →
- The Lady of the Bedchamber helped the queen dress. tree →
- Then the Three Bears thought it necessary that they should make farther search; so they went upstairs into their bedchamber. tree →
note
Old-fashioned; use «bedroom» in everyday English. Compound: bed + chamber (old word for room).
Trees and pragmatics
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