bedchamber

noun (a bedchamber, bedchambers — old)

«bedchamber» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

(old, formal) A bedroom, especially in a palace or a grand house. tree →

In the 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

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).

In Jewish tradition

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 →

Note

Old-fashioned; use «bedroom» in everyday English. Compound: bed + chamber (old word for room).

Early Modern English

Meaning

A bedroom, especially a grand one in a palace or large house. tree →

Then and now

Old-fashioned today; we say bedroom.

Examples

Then the Three Bears thought it necessary that they should make farther search; so they went upstairs into their bedchamber. (English Fairy Tales) tree →
One hall was more magnificent than the other; one might indeed well be abashed; and at last they came into the bedchamber. (Andersen's Fairy Tales) tree →
My sweetheart knows a little back stair that leads to the bedchamber, and she knows where she can get the key of it.” (Andersen's Fairy Tales) tree →

Note

Today: bedroom.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «bedchamber» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«bedchamber» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «bedchamber» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«bedchamber» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «bedchamber» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«bedchamber» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.

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