Gynæceum

{ ‖Gyn′æ‐ce″um (jĭn′ē̍‐sē″ŭm), ‖Gyn′æ‐ci″um (jĭn′ē̍‐sī″ŭm), } n. [L., fr. Gr. γυναικει̑ον women's apartments, fr. γυνή a woman.] That part of a large house, among the ancients, exclusively appropriated to women. [Written also gyneceum, gynecium.] Tennyson.