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
Drawing together decades of writing, these stories follow concubines who fall in love, paranormal researchers and an older man forced to confront his past.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
Criminals, slaves and concubines were tattooed, and some ethnic groups tattooed themselves to ward off evil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2019
I saw how fearful Third Wife became when Second Wife told her stories of old concubines who were kicked out into the streets.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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