HAREM

HAREM. → Persian household Es 2:3

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harem. Harem, n. a kind of feraglio kept in the east

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Ha″rem (hā″rĕm; 277), n. [[Ar. haram, orig., anything forbidden or sacred, fr. harama to forbid, prohibit.]] [[Written also haram and hareem.]] 1. 1. The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females in Mohammedan families.
2. 2. The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man, in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio.