'Yamen' definitions:
Definition of 'Yamen'
From: GCIDE
- Yamen \Ya"men\, n. [Chin. ya a civil or military court + men a gate.] In China, the official headquarters or residence of a mandarin, including court rooms, offices, gardens, prisons, etc.; the place where the business of any public department is transcated. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]