12 January 2017
seraglio
[si-ral-yoh, -rahl-]
noun, plural seraglios.
1. the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.
2. a Turkish palace, especially of the sultan.
Also called serail [suh-rahy, -rahyl, -reyl] (Show IPA).
Origin of seraglio
Italian, Persian
1575-1585; < Italian serraglio < Persian sarāy palace; sense development in Italian perhaps influenced by serrare to lock up
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Examples from the Web for seraglio
Historical Examples
Their joy is such as that of the pasha of a seraglio ; they revel with ideas, they get drunk at the founts of intellect.
Cousin Betty
Honore de Balzac
Woman was no longer the captive of the seraglio, nor the chronicler of small beer.
Hopes and Fears
Charlotte M. Yonge
If you wish to understand something of the curious indifference that hangs, like moss, about the Turk, visit seraglio Point.
The Near East
Robert Hichens
So Quasimodo had fifteen bells in his seraglio ; but big Marie was his favorite.
Notre-Dame de Paris
Victor Hugo
The ministry of the Ottoman Porte was distracted by factions, and the seraglio threatened with tumults.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II.
Tobias Smollett
He led the way until they came to a gallery that overlooked the seraglio.
Jack Harkaway’s Boy Tinker Among The Turks
Bracebridge Hemyng
The angel of sleep had spread her wings over the seraglio of Moley Pasha.
Jack Harkaway’s Boy Tinker Among The Turks
Bracebridge Hemyng
What cry was that which startles the seraglio from its siesta?
Jack Harkaway’s Boy Tinker Among The Turks
Bracebridge Hemyng
Just at this time the artillery arrived under the walls of the seraglio.
The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, December 1879
Various
But the ladies of the king’s seraglio were his principal customers.
The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan
James Morier
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Today’s quote
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
– Harriet Tubman
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