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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bedchamber \Bed"cham`ber\, n.
     A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Lords of the bedchamber}, eight officers of the royal
        household, all of noble families, who wait in turn a week


        each. [Eng.]
  
     {Ladies of the bedchamber}, eight ladies, all titled, holding
        a similar official position in the royal household, during
        the reign of a queen. [Eng.]
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bedchamber
       n : a room used primarily for sleeping [syn: {bedroom}, {sleeping
           room}, {chamber}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Bed-chamber
     an apartment in Eastern houses, furnished with a slightly
     elevated platform at the upper end and sometimes along the
     sides, on which were laid mattresses. This was the general
     arrangement of the public sleeping-room for the males of the
     family and for guests, but there were usually besides distinct
     bed-chambers of a more private character (2 Kings 4:10; Ex. 8:3;
     2 Kings 6:12). In 2 Kings 11:2 this word denotes, as in the
     margin of the Revised Version, a store-room in which mattresses
     were kept.
     

















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