presence room

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presence room - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Presence \Pres"ence\, n. [F. pr['e]sence, L. praesentia. See
     Present.]
     1. The state of being present, or of being within sight or
        call, or at hand; -- opposed to absence.
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     2. The place in which one is present; the part of space
        within one's ken, call, influence, etc.; neighborhood
        without the intervention of anything that forbids
        intercourse.
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              Wrath shell be no more
              Thenceforth, but in thy presence joy entire.
                                                    --Milton.
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     3. Specifically, neighborhood to the person of one of
        superior of exalted rank; also, presence chamber.
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              In such a presence here to plead my thoughts.
                                                    --Shak.
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              An't please your grace, the two great cardinals.
              Wait in the presence.                 --Shak.
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     4. The whole of the personal qualities of an individual;
        person; personality; especially, the person of a superior,
        as a sovereign.
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              The Sovran Presence thus replied.     --Milton.
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     5. An assembly, especially of person of rank or nobility;
        noble company.
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              Odmar, of all this presence does contain,
              Give her your wreath whom you esteem most fair.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     6. Port, mien; air; personal appearence. "Rather dignity of
        presence than beauty of aspect." --Bacon.
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              A graceful presence bespeaks acceptance. -- Collier.
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     Presence chamber, or Presence room, the room in which a
        great personage receives company. --Addison. " Chambers of
        presence." --Bacon.
  
     Presence of mind, that state of the mind in which all its
        faculties are alert, prompt, and acting harmoniously in
        obedience to the will, enabling one to reach, as it were
        spontaneously or by intuition, just conclusions in sudden
        emergencies.
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