Meaning

6 senses

  1. A palace of a sultan.

    Serail

  2. A palace of a sultan.

    The palace of the Grand Seignior in Constantinople.

  3. A profligate or decadent residence of a rich person.

  4. The sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines (odalisques) in a Turkish Muslim household.

    living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household

  5. A brothel or place of debauchery.

  6. An interior cage or enclosed courtyard for keeping wild beasts.

Translations

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Origin

From Italian serraglio, from Vulgar Latin *serrāculum, from a late form of Latin serāre (“

From Italian serraglio, from Vulgar Latin *serrāculum, from a late form of Latin serāre (“lock up, close”), from sera (“lock, bolt”). The Italian word was used (because of phonetic similarity) to translate Turkish saray (“palace”). Compare serai, serail.

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Forms

plural: seraglios

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household:haremhareemserail

See also

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