What does lupanar mean?
Lupanar means (formal, archaic) A brothel..
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/luːˈpeɪnɑː/ · noun
(formal, archaic) A brothel..
The steam of fetid vices / From a thousand lupanars, / Like smoke of sacrifices, / Reeked up to the heedless stars.
A prostitute was not permitted to stand under a street lamp, and sisters were not allowed to work in the same lupanar.
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Lupanar means (formal, archaic) A brothel..
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The steam of fetid vices / From a thousand lupanars, / Like smoke of sacrifices, / Reeked up to the heedless stars.
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