Citations:eunuchate

English citations of eunuchate

1. noun: an institution of eunuchs
   • 2007, Kathryn M. Ringrose, The Perfect Servant: Eunuchs and the Social Construction of Gender in Byzantium:

     Here the author, Leo the Deacon, clearly recognizes that the eunuchate, as an institution, is unique and beyond the understanding of outsiders.

   • 2008, Anne Walthall, Servants of the Dynasty: Palace Women in World History, page 78:

     Moreover, because the eunuchate had been marginalized as a factor in palace organization, spatial boundaries in the palace had also changed.