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seraglio


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Seraglio  \Se*ragl"io\,  n.  [It.  serraglio,  originally,  an 
  inclosure  of  palisades,  afterwards  also  a  palace,  seraglio 
  (by  confusion  with  Per.  ser[=a]["i]a  a  palace,  an  entirely 
  different  word),  fr  serrare  to  shut,  fr  LL  serra  a  bar  for 
  fastening  doors,  L.  sera.  See  {Serry},  {Series}.] 
  1.  An  inclosure;  a  place  of  separation.  [Obs.] 
 
  I  went  to  the  Ghetto,  where  the  Jews  dwell  as  in  a 
  suburb,  by  themselves.  I  passed  by  the  piazza  Judea, 
  where  their  seraglio  begins.  --Evelyn. 
 
  2.  The  palace  of  the  Grand  Seignior,  or  Turkish  sultan,  at 
  Constantinople,  inhabited  by  the  sultan  himself,  and  all 
  the  officers  and  dependents  of  his  court.  In  it  are  also 
  kept  the  females  of  the  harem. 
 
  3.  A  harem;  a  place  for  keeping  wives  or  concubines; 
  sometimes  loosely,  a  place  of  licentious  pleasure;  a 
  house  of  debauchery. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  seraglio 
  n  :  place  reserved  for  wives  and  concubines  and  female  relatives 
  in  a  Muslim  household  [syn:  {harem},  {hareem},  {serail}] 




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