Lexicographical Neighbors of Khanums
Literary usage of Khanums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1878)
"She was but eighteen, and married, and had just recovered from a serious illness
when I heard that some khanums of my acquaintance were going to visit her. ..."
2. The Westminster Review by John Chapman, Charles William Wason (1827)
"The little Khan my uncle soon after met, and embraced Shah Begum and the other
khanums, after which they sat down, and continued talking about past ..."
3. Paul Patoff by Francis marion Crawford (1887)
"Women who sell finery and sweetmeats ; women who amuse the khanums by dressing
their hair, when they have any, in the Frank style; women who tell stories ..."
4. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1892)
"The khanums or Spina Christi, although abundant in the neighborhood of Jerusalem,
cannot be tin? plant intended, ..."
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