Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The practice of a chamber-counselor.
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Examples
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He was afterwards taken from the kitchen and removed to chamber-practice, for the service of the noble Cardinal
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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He was afterwards taken from the kitchen and removed to chamber-practice, for the service of the noble Cardinal
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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You might have private chamber-practice enough if you'd give you mind to't.
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As for cutting off a traitor, I'll execute him lawfully in my own function, when I meet him in the field; but for your chamber-practice, that's not my talent.
The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 07 John Dryden 1665
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Claiming that they were indulging in "chamber-practice", Balaji said the Advocates Act cannot be restricted only to courtroom arguments, as it covered all forms of legal practice.
The Times of India 2010
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He was afterwards taken from the kitchen and removed to chamber-practice, for the service of the noble Cardinal Hunt-venison.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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