CHAMBER

I. noun Etymology: Middle English chambre, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin camera, from Latin, arched roof, from Greek kamara vault Date: 13th century room , a natural or artificial enclosed space or cavity, 3. a hall for the meetings of a deliberative, legislative, or judicial body , a room where a judge transacts business, the reception room of a person of rank or authority, 4. a legislative or judicial body, a voluntary board or council, 5. the part of the bore of a gun that holds the charge, a compartment in the cartridge cylinder of a revolver, ~ed adjective II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1575 to place in or as if in a ~ ; house , to serve as a ~ for, III. adjective Date: 1706 being, relating to, or performing ~ music