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Star Chamber Definition

Star Chamber

noun

  1. a royal English court or tribunal abolished in 1641, notorious for its secret sessions without jury, and for its harsh and arbitrary judgments and its use of torture to force confessions
  2. any similar tribunal or inquisitorial body

Etymology: ME, earlier Sterred Chambre: said to be so called because the ceiling was ornamented with stars

Star Chamber Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

proceeding: The vaudevillian antics, the brass band tactics, the star chamber proceedings of the Dies Committee have put all of us on notice.