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Definition of: harem
(hâr′əm, har′-) noun
1. The apartments of a Moslem household reserved for females.
2. The wives, concubines, etc., occupying the harem.
3. A Moslem holy place forbidden to all but the faithful. Also ha·reem (hä·rēm′). [<Arabic harim (something) forbidden, sacred <ạrama forbid]
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