Harem
['hɑːriːm;hɑː'riːm;'heərəm] or ['hærəm]
Definition
(noun.) living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
Checked by Evan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females in Mohammedan families.
(n.) The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man, in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio.
Checked by Clifton
Definition
n. the portion of a Mohammedan house allotted to females: the collection of wives and concubines belonging to one Mussulman.
Checker: Sumner
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you maintain a harem, denotes that you are wasting your best energies on low pleasures. Life holds fair promises, if your desires are rightly directed. If a woman dreams that she is an inmate of a harem, she will seek pleasure where pleasure is unlawful, as her desires will be toward married men as a rule. If she dreams that she is a favorite of a harem, she will be preferred before others in material pleasures, but the distinction will be fleeting.
Typed by Lloyd
Examples
- Darius, for instance, was accompanied by his harem, and there was a great multitude of harem slaves, musicians, dancers, and cooks. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I'll be preparing myself to go out as a missionary to preach liberty to them that are enslaved--your harem inmates amongst the rest. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Darius escaped from his war chariot--that out-of-date instrument--and fled on horseback, leaving even his harem in the hands of Alexander. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When he wanted to get rid of one of his harem he was said to have had her put into a sack and thrown into the Bosporus. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Margery