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ˈguest-ˌchamber
A room used for the lodging or entertainment of a guest.
1526Tindale Luke xxii. 11 Where is the gest chamber, where I shall eate myne ester lambe wyth my dissciples? a1656Ussher Ann. an. 4037 (1658) 835 He sends Peter and John into the City, telling them that..they should find a guest-chamber ready furnished by the good man of the house. 1732T. Lediard Sethos II. viii. 213, I will conduct you to the guest-chamber, where you may repose yourself. 1879Farrar St. Paul (1883) 169 The guest-chambers which were attached to Jewish synagogues.
fig.1686A. Horneck Crucif. Jesus xxii. 635 How often..hath thy great Master attempted to enter into thy heart and to make that his guest-chamber! |