gynaeceum

¹ American  

[jin-uh-see-uhm, gahy-nuh-, jahy-nuh-] / ˌdʒɪn əˈsi əm, ˌgaɪ nə-, ˌdʒaɪ nə- /

noun

• gynaecea
  plural

1. (among the ancient Greeks) the part of a dwelling used by women.

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gynaeceum ² American  

[jin-uh-see-uhm, gahy-nuh-, jahy-nuh-] / ˌdʒɪn əˈsi əm, ˌgaɪ nə-, ˌdʒaɪ nə- /

noun

Botany.

• gynaecea
  plural

1. gynoecium.

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gynaeceum British  

/ ˌdʒaɪnɪˈsiːəm /

noun

1. (in ancient Greece and Rome) the inner section of a house, used as women's quarters

2. a variant spelling of gynoecium

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• gynaecea
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of gynaeceum

1600–10; < Latin gynaecēum < Greek gynaikeíon, equivalent to gynaik- (stem of gynḗ ) woman + -eion noun suffix of place

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Example Sentences

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gynaeceum

As explained, the gynaeceum above the inner narthex is divided by the open central bay of that narthex into two compartments, each consisting of two bays.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen

Was she not accustomed to suffer—she, the scapegoat of defrauded nurses and indignant landladies, the dependent and drudge of her kinswoman's gynaeceum, the despised of her father?

From Birds of Prey by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

The northern compartment of the gynaeceum connects with the gynaeceum of the north church.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen

And even if a child escaped this fate, yet for the first seven or eight years of life he was kept in the gynaeceum, or women's apartments, and rarely or never saw his father's face.

From Seekers after God by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar

The Northern Church.—This is a simple and dignified building of the domed 'four column' type, with a gynaeceum above the narthex.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen

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