Ha"rem (?), n.[Ar.haram, orig., anything forbidden of sacred, fr. harama to forbid, prohibit.] [Written also haram and hareem.]
1.
The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females in Mohammedan families.
2.
The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man, in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio.
© Webster 1913.