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Star Chamber   /stɑr tʃˈeɪmbər/   Listen
Star Chamber

noun
1.
A former English court that became notorious for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments.





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... yesterday a sermon on the Catholic question.... It would have made an admirable party speech in Parliament, but as a sermon, the author deserved the Star Chamber, if it still existed." ...
— Sydney Smith • George W. E. Russell
... authority of the star chamber, which was before founded on common law and ancient practice, was in some cases confirmed by act of parliament: [*] [2] Lord Bacon extols the utility of this court; but men began even during the ...
— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. - From Henry VII. to Mary • David Hume
... most effectual remedy that man's prevention can use. For this authentic Spanish policy of licensing books, if I have said aught, will prove the most unlicensed book itself within a short while; and was the immediate image of a Star Chamber decree to that purpose made in those very times when that Court did the rest of those her pious works, for which she is now fallen from the stars with Lucifer. Whereby ye may guess what kind of state prudence, what love of the people, what care of religion or good manners there was at the ...
— Areopagitica - A Speech For The Liberty Of Unlicensed Printing To The - Parliament Of England • John Milton
... two novels, "Guy Fawkes" and "The Star Chamber," also deal with James I., but they are distinctly inferior ...
— A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales • Jonathan Nield
... mode of expression, originating in some of its more special forms with this particular school, yet not altogether conventional, which enabled those who made use of it to steer clear of the Star Chamber and its sister institution; inasmuch as the terms employed in this mode of communication were not in the more obvious interpretation of them actionable, and to a vulgar, unlearned, or stupid conceit, could hardly be made to appear so. There must be a High Court of Wit, ...
— The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded • Delia Bacon


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