Hā'rem, n.

noun

(Synop., § 130), n. [Ar. haram, any thing forbidden or sacred, from harama, to forbid, prohibit.] [Written also haram (ha-rām).]

Sense 1. The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females in the larger dwelling-houses of the East.

Sense 2. The collection of wives and concubines belonging to one man.