📚 noun • entry_id 55052
gynaeceum
Meanings (ES + gloss)
gineceo
The women's quarters in a household; (hence, loosely) any building or area for women.
A master, however this may be, was very jealous of the inmates of his gyneceum, and he permitted no one to enter the place, which was protected as a sanctuary in the legislation of…
It was agreeable to see men, after days in this gyneceum, bringing the place to life, to see waiters speeding to their command.
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