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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.


seraglio

/ -ˈreɪl; səˈraɪ; -ˈraɪl; sɛˈrɑːlɪˌəʊ /

noun

  1. the harem of a Muslim house or palace
  2. a sultan's palace, esp in the former Turkish empire
  3. the wives and concubines of a Muslim
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of seraglio1

1575–85; < Italian serraglio < Persian palace; sense development in Italian perhaps influenced by serrare to lock up
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of seraglio1

C16: from Italian serraglio animal cage, from Medieval Latin 峦ܱܳ bolt, from Latin sera a door bar; associated also with Turkish seray palace
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“Is she original? Is she piquant? I would not exchange this one little English girl for the Grand Turk’s whole seraglio, gazelle-eyes, houri forms, and all!”

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But with the Prince Andrew imbroglio in the seraglio of Jeffrey Epstein, and with Harry’s run for the Hollywood Hills, it is clear that many in her family are not interested in moral authority.

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Oft doth reason, enthroned in the pillowed seraglio of the brain, hang back; whereas the flesh, which must walk abroad in the streets, finds its own temerity.

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Decision-making sounds more like palace intrigues in a sultan’s seraglio than policy formulation in a republic.

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“Old Joe’s Mormon seraglio” quickly became a stock phrase in the nation’s newspapers, despite the Saints’ heated denials.

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