concubines
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The nizam’s court, with its sumptuous palaces, its concubines, its rituals and recitations of poetry and music, was the chief inheritor of the archaic grandeur of the moguls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Among the 20 concubines was the woman who would became known as Malinche.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
However, sumptuary laws dictated what women could and could not wear, elite men kept concubines, and the Tang legal system considered women property.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
And an ancient Chinese tale has a robotic man dance and flirt with royal concubines, angering King Mu before its creator reveals its artificial nature.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2018
My half-sisters wore rose- colored tunics and so did their mothers, my father’s concubines.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
