noun. A group of confidential, often scheming advisers; a cabal.

noun. A small chamber or cell, as in the brain.

noun. A company of secret counselors or advisers; a cabal; a clique.

noun. Synonyms Faction, Junto, etc. See cabal.

noun. The private audience chamber of a king.

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

noun. A secret, usually sinister, group of conspiring advisors close to the leadership; a cabal

noun. a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

"The only part he can be said to have taken in public life as yet is having called the imperial attention to the Maximilian Harden allegations regarding Count Eulenburg and a court "camarilla," referred to later, and having, while sitting in a gallery of the"

camp  clique  coterie  in-group  inner circle  

alabour  baronage  centinel  demurring  enthronement