throne room; audience chamber
Formal term for a room where a monarch or high-ranking official receives visitors. Used in historical or ceremonial contexts.
The king received the foreign envoy in the audience chamber.
Compound of 謁見 (ekken, 'audience with a superior') + の (no, possessive particle) + 間 (ma, 'room'). The reading えっけん is a regular gemination of えつけん.