star chamber

1. 1.

   a former English court that became notorious for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments

   Broadercourt

Questions about star chamber

What does star chamber mean?

star chamber means "a former English court that became notorious for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments".

Is star chamber a common word?

star chamber is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.