chamber

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a room used for a special or official purpose, or a group of people who form (part of) a parliament:

Meetings of the council are held in the council chamber.

There are two chambers in the British parliament - the House of Commons is the lower chamber, and the House of Lords is the upper chamber.

a judge's private office. A judge may have legal discussions with lawyers in private in his or her chambers.

an office, especially of a person in an important position

If a trial is in chambers, it happens in a court room without the public, newspaper reporters, etc. being there:

They agreed to maintain confidentiality by holding the hearings in chambers but having the judgments read in open court.

a room in a house, especially a bedroom

a closed space in a machine, plant, or body:

The human heart has four chambers.

a room or space used for a particular purpose:

the council chamber

a group of people who are part or all of a legislature, or an official place where such a group meets:

Most states have two chambers, a senate and a house of representatives, modeled after the US Congress.

an enclosed space:

The human heart has two chambers.