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Terem may refer to:
- Terem (Russia), an upper story in buildings of historical Russia
- Terem Palace, a building within the Kremlin in Moscow
- Terem, Hungary, a village
- TEREM, Bulgarian arms supplier for the Bulgarian armed forces
- Terem Quartet, musical ensemble from Saint Petersburg, Russia
The "terem" ( Russian: Терем) refers to the separate living quarters occupied by elite women of Muscovite Russia. Also, the upper story of a home or castle, often with a pitched roof. More broadly, the term is used by historians to discuss the elite social practice of female seclusion that reached its height in seventeenth-century Muscovy. Royal or noble women were not only confined to separate quarters, but were also prevented from socialization with men outside their immediate family, and were shielded from the public eye in closed carriages or heavily concealing clothing.
The word is not to be confused with the Terem Palace in Moscow, an extended part of the Grand Kremlin Palace, which was not occupied exclusively by women.
Usage examples of "terem".
E outra coisa: publique provas, caso conclua terem sido atos criminosos.
The red brick wall of the Kremlin rose like a vast, many-turreted crown above the city, encircling among other structures, several multidomed cathedrals, the bell tower of Ivan the Great, the Palace of Facets, and the nearby Terem Palace, where the future tsarina would be housed.
Three hundred feet away, the grand Terem Palace was equally beautiful.