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‖ gynæconitis|gaɪniːkəʊˈnaɪtɪs, dʒaɪ-, dʒɪ-|
[L., a. Gr. γυναικωνῖτις, f. γυναικ-, γυνή woman.]
1. The women's apartments in a household; = gynæceum 1.
1855R. F. Burton El-Medinah II. xv. 47, I often saw parties of women mount the stairs to the Gynæconitis.
2. The women's gallery in a church.
1850Neale East. Ch. i. I. 206 The women's gallery, or gynæconitis, formed an important part of the earlier Byzantine churches. 1865Sat. Rev. 11 Feb. 182 The triforium is used throughout as a gynækonitis, or women's gallery, running round three sides of the church. |