Definitions for Seraglio
sɪˈræl yoʊ, -ˈrɑl-; səˈraɪ, -ˈraɪl, -ˈreɪlseraglio

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. harem, hareem, seraglio, serailnoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. seraglionoun

   The palace of the Grand Seignior in Constantinople.

2. seraglionoun

   The sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in a Turkish Muslim household.

3. seraglionoun

   A brothel or place of debauchery.

4. seraglionoun

   An interior cage or enclosed courtyard for keeping wild beasts.

5. Etymology: From seraglio, from *, from a late form of serare, from sera. The Italian word was used (because of phonetic similarity) to translate Persian سرای. Compare serai, serail.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Seraglionoun

   A house of women kept for debauchery.

   Etymology: Italian, perhaps of Oriental original.

   There is a great deal more solid content to be found in a constant course of well living, than in the voluptuousness of a seraglio. John Norris.

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1. seraglio

   A seraglio is a sequestered living quarters often used for wives, concubines, and female relatives in a Muslim household. It is specifically associated with the Ottoman sultans in Istanbul, Turkey. The term is also used more broadly to refer to any large, luxurious mansion or palace.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Seraglionoun

   an inclosure; a place of separation

2. Seraglionoun

   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. Seraglionoun

   a harem; a place for keeping wives or concubines; sometimes, loosely, a place of licentious pleasure; a house of debauchery

4. Etymology: [It. serraglio, originally, an inclosure of palisades, afterwards also, a palace, seraglio (by confusion with Per. sera a palace, an entirely different word), fr. serrare to shut, fr. LL. serra a bar for fastening doors, L. sera. See Serry, Series.]

WikidataRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Seraglio

   A seraglio 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.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Seraglio

   se-ral′yō, n. the ancient residence of the Sultan at Constantinople, enclosing within its walls a variety of mosques, gardens, and large edifices, the chief of which is the Harem: a place where women are kept, a place of licentious pleasure: an enclosure. [It. serraglio—Low L. serāre, to lock up, from L. sera, a door-bar. The word was confused with Pers. serai, a palace.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Seraglio

   in its restricted sense applied in the East to a harem or women's quarters in a royal household; the former residence of the sultan of Turkey, occupies a beautiful site on the E. side of Constantinople, on a projecting piece of land between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmora, enclosing within its 3 m. of wall government buildings, mosques, gardens, &c., chief of which is the harem, which occupies an inner enclosure.

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Anagrams for Seraglio »

1. girasole

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Seraglio in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Seraglio in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Seraglio
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Seraglio
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Seraglio
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Seraglio
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Seraglio
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Seraglio
8. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Seraglio