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- 1. the women's apartments (harem) in an Ottoman palace.
- 2. a Turkish or Ottoman palace, especially the Sultan's court and government offices at Constantinople.
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A seraglio, [a] serail, [b] seray or saray (from Persian: سرای, romanized : sarāy, lit. 'palace', via Turkish, Italian and French) is a castle, palace or government building which was considered to have particular administrative importance in various parts of the former Ottoman Empire .
noun. se· ra· glio sə-ˈral- (ˌ)yō. -ˈräl- plural seraglios. Synonyms of seraglio. 1. : harem sense 1a. 2. : a palace of a sultan. Examples of seraglio in a Sentence.
Seraglio definition: the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.. See examples of SERAGLIO used in a sentence.
A seraglio refers to the apartments or rooms where a group of Turkish Muslim women live together, especially if they are a man's wives and concubines. In other words, a seraglio is a harem.
1. a. (formerly) the harem of a Muslim house or palace. b. the women occupying this area. 2. a sultan's palace, esp in the former Turkish empire. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin.
noun. seraglios. The part of a Muslim household where wives or concubines live; harem. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. The palace of a Turkish sultan. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A brothel or place of debauchery. Wiktionary. An interior cage or enclosed courtyard for keeping wild beasts. Wiktionary. Synonyms: serail. hareem.
1. the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women. 2. the women in a Muslim household, including the mothers, sisters, wives, concubines, daughters, entertainers, and servants. 3. a social group of female animals, as elephant seals, accompanied by a reproductive male who denies other males access to the group.
seraglio the women's apartments (harem) in a Muslim palace. The Seraglio was also formerly the term for a Turkish palace, especially the Sultan's court and government offices at Constantinople. The word comes (in the late 16th century) via Italian and Turkish from Persian sarāy ‘palace’.
May 21, 2024 · Noun. [ edit] seraglio (plural seraglios) A palace of a sultan . The palace of the Grand Seignior in Constantinople . (by figurative extension) A profligate or decadent residence of a rich person. The sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines ( odalisques) in a Turkish Muslim household. A brothel or place of debauchery.
se•ragl•io (si ral′ yō, -räl′ -), n., pl. -ragl•ios. the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem. a Turkish palace, esp. of the sultan. Also called se•rail (sə rī′, -rīl′, -rāl′ ).
