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‖ hammam, hummaum|haˈmaːm| Also 7– hamam; and see hummum. [Arab. ḥammām bath.] An Oriental bathing establishment, a Turkish bath.
1625Purchas Pilgrims II. ix. 1419 (Stanf.), I went to the Hammam. 1704J. Pitts Acc. Mohammetans 47 They have many Hammams or Wash-houses to bath themselves in. 1820T. S. Hughes Trav. Sicily I. vi. 174 (Stanf.) We proceeded to the public hummaum, or Turkish bath. 1832Gell Pompeiana I. vi. 87 The first chamber of an oriental hamam. 1844Mem. Babylonian P'cess II. 33 There..she is free from the jealous espionage of her lord, which stops at the hammam's threshhold. |