seraglio – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
seraglio
n.
harem, part of a Muslim house inhabited by the wives and concubines; Turkish palace
Seraglio
A
seraglio ( or ) or
serail is the sequestered living quarters used by wives and
concubines in an Ottoman household. The term
harem refers to the women themselves, but has also come to be used to refer to these sequestered living quarters.
seraglio
Noun
1. living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
(synonym) harem, hareem, serail
(hypernym) living quarters, quarters
Seraglio
(n.)
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.
(n.)
An inclosure; a place of separation.
(n.)
A harem; a place for keeping wives or concubines; sometimes, loosely, a place of licentious pleasure; a house of debauchery.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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