Definition of Harims

1. harim [n] - See also: harim

Lexicographical Neighbors of Harims

harianas
haricot
haricot bean
haricot beans
haricot vert
haricots
haricots verts
haridashi
harier
harigals
harijans
harikari
harikatha
harim
harimanage
harims (current term)
haring
hariolation
hariolations
harish
harissa
harissas
hark
hark back
harked
harken
harken back
harkened
harkener
harkeners

Literary usage of Harims

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Turks in Europe: A Sketch of Manners & Politics in the Ottoman Empire by Bayle St. John (1853)
"... and Construction of Houses — Conservatives and Free Trade—Louis Napoleon — Stroll through the Seraglio — Eastern harims — Polygamy — The Chambers of the ..."

2. A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments: Now by Kama̜ Shastra society, Benares, Richard Francis Burton (1885)
"Hearkening and obedience," answered they and, sending for their harims, went forth all together and took seat in one of the city-gardens ; and as they sat ..."

3. The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, and the Holy Land: From My Private Journal by Isabel Burton (1876)
"Use enables them to bear it, but even so you see dulness written on the foreheads of strictly-kept harims. They vary as much as families in London. ..."

4. The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton: The Story of Her Life by Isabel Burton, William Henry Wilkins (1897)
"Then the harims. I often spent an evening in them, and I found them very pleasant ... One cannot generalize on the subject of harims; they differ in VOL. n. ..."

5. Hearings Before the Committee on the Public Lands of the House of by United States Congress. House. Committee on the Public Lands, William M. [from old catalog] Reece (1902)
"... attract large numbers of settlers, would you or would you not consider this sort of lease law would be applicable or wise? Mr. harims. It would, likely. ..."

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