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Definition of Gynaecea
1. gynaeceum [n] - See also: gynaeceum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gynaecea
Literary usage of Gynaecea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Student, and Intellectual Observer (1868)
"The great fairs of Gaul, such as that of St. Denis, were supplied with merchandise
from the gynaecea, and Italy and other countries sought their products. ..."
2. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel, Isaac Bayley Balfour (1905)
"II and III, older gynaecea in transverse section. ... would then be retained for
gynaecea in which the carpels are united by their outer surfaces. ..."
3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"The interior of these gynaecea is best described in the narrative of the book of
Esther, while the account of a court intrigue in the reign of Xerxes, ..."
4. System of Positive Polity by Auguste Comte (1876)
"In reality, woman was less deprived of the honourable companionship of man in
the harems of Asia than in the gynaecea of Greece. ..."
5. The History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool, and Other Fibrous Substances by Clinton G. Gilroy (1845)
"... all private persons were strictly forbidden engaging in the manufacture, gold
and silken borders were to be made only in the imperial gynaecea*. ..."
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