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- noun Alternative form of
gynæceum .
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Examples
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Chiengmai; but it was curious, even amusing, to observe the serene contempt with which the "interlopers" were received by the rival incumbents of the royal gynecium, -- especially the Laotian women, who are of a finer type and much handsomer than their Siamese sisters.
The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok Anna Harriette Leonowens 1874
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Villemot, the stage manager, who was of poor appearance but intelligent, said: "I will take you into the gynecium."
The Memoirs of Victor Hugo Victor Hugo 1843
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For some time I heard nothing more of the Princess of Chiengmai; but it was curious, even amusing, to observe the serene contempt with which the “interlopers” were received by the rival incumbents of the royal gynecium, ” especially the Laotian women, who are of a finer type and much handsomer than their Siamese sisters.
The English Governess at the Siamese Court Leonowens, Anna H 1870
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