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

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

Criminals, slaves and concubines were tattooed, and some ethnic groups tattooed themselves to ward off evil.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2019

Every emperor of the Qing dynasty had dozens of wives, concubines and serving girls, but only one of them could hold the title of empress.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2018

Yan Chang explained which ones belonged to First Wife and the other concubines, who were called Second Wife and Third Wife.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan