camarilla

Noun

Meaning

The private audience chamber of a king.

A company of secret and irresponsible advisers, as of a king; a cabal or clique.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cabal faction junto council association sanhedrin confederacy durbar alliance divan group set band crew combination

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Antonyms

fork one person separation isolation partition

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Hypernyms

camp pack clique coterie inner circle ingroup

Examples

On 2 September 1940, Valer Pop, a courtier and an important member of the camarilla first advised Carol to appoint Antonescu as Prime Minister as the solution to the crisis. Source: Internet

This led an insulted Carol to call on one of the members of his camarilla, the Bucharest police prefect Gavrilă Marinescu, who sent the police out to break up the Iron Guard rally with much violence. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Camarena Camargo Camargue Camarillo Camarines Norte Camarines Sur