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GYNAECEUM (Gr. yvvaiseiov, from yuvii, woman) , that See also:part in a See also:Greek See also:house which was specially reserved for the See also:women, in contradistinction to the " See also:andron," the men's quarters; in the larger houses there was an open See also:court with peristyles See also:round, and as a See also:rule all the rooms were on the same level; in smaller houses the servants were placed in an upper See also:storey, and this seems to have been the See also:case to a certain extent in the Homeric house of the Odyssey. " Gynaeconitis " is the See also:term given by See also:Procopius to the space reserved for women in the Eastern See also:Church, and this separation of the sexes was maintained in the See also:early See also:Christian churches where there were See also:separate entrances and See also:accommodation for the men and women, the latter being placed in the See also:triforium See also:gallery, or, in its See also:absence, either on one. See also:side of the church, the men being on the other, or occasion-ally in the aisles, the See also:nave being occupied by the men.

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