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GYNÆCEUM

\ɡˌa͡ɪnɐsˈiːəm], \ɡˌa‍ɪnɐsˈiːəm], \ɡ_ˌaɪ_n_ɐ_s_ˈiː__ə_m]\

Definitions of GYNÆCEUM

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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GYNECIUM, jin-[=e]-s[=e]'um, n. an apartment in a large house exclusively appropriated to women. [Gr. gyn[=e], a woman, oikos, a house.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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