Definition of Press gallery

1. Noun. An area (sometimes in a balcony) set aside for reporters (especially in a legislative hall).

Generic synonyms: Area

Lexicographical Neighbors of Press Gallery

press box
press brake
press brakes
press card
press charges
press clipping
press conference
press conferences
press corps
press cutting
press down
press down on
press forward
press gaggle
press gaggles
press gallery (current term)
press gang
press home
press kit
press lord
press of canvas
press of sail
press office
press on
press out
press photographer
press pool
press relations
press release
press releases

Literary usage of Press gallery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1908)
"The allocation of the seats in the press gallery rests entirely with the authorities of the House, not with me or the Government. ..."

2. Reminiscences, Political and Personal by John Willison (1919)
"But during the few weeks that I was in the press gallery towards the close of the ... A year later I entered the press gallery as The Globe's special ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1880)
"In the House of Lords, distinguished peers have from time to time been discovered sitting in the press gallery, vainly endeavouring to catch the flow of ..."

4. Recollections by David Christie Murray (1908)
"CHAPTER VIII The House of Commons press gallery—Disraeli as Orator— The Story of the Dry ... Lowe's Classics—The press gallery and Mr Gladstone. ..."

5. The Bookman (1906)
"Then came the arrest, by order of the Senate, of two members of the press gallery for publishing a treaty from which the seal of confidence had not been ..."

6. Forty Years of Music, 1865-1905 by Joseph Bennett (1908)
"... in Peterborough Court—Special Reporter of distinguished funerals—Work in the press gallery of the House—Some stories— The Musical Worldand its editor, ..."

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