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seraglio

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

se·ragl·io / səˈrälyō/ • n. (pl. -ios) 1. the women's apartments (harem) in a Muslim palace. ∎ another term for harem (sense 2). 2. (the Seraglio) hist. a Turkish palace, esp. the Sultan's court and government offices at Constantinople.

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

seraglio the women's apartments (harem) in a Muslim palace. The Seraglio was also formerly the term for a Turkish palace, especially the Sultan's court and government offices at Constantinople. The word comes (in the late 16th century) via Italian and Turkish from Persian sarāy ‘palace’.

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Seraglio

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms | 1985 | Copyright

Seraglio

the inmates of a harem, 1634; a house of women kept for debauchery—Johnson, 1755.

Examples : seraglio of the godly (i.e., a nunnery), 1672; of flattering lusts, 1711; of maids of honour, 1860; a cock and a seraglio of seven hens, 1773.

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seraglio

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

seraglio harem; Turkish palace. XVI. — It. serraglio — Turk. — Pers. sarāi palace.

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Seraglio

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Seraglio see Istanbul , Turkey.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

seraglio •Cleo • Carpaccio • Boccaccio •capriccio • braggadocio • Palladio •cardio • radio • video • audio • rodeo •studio •Caravaggio, DiMaggio •adagio •arpeggio, Correggio •Sergio • radicchio • Tokyo • intaglio •seraglio •billy-o, punctilio •folio, imbroglio, olio, polio, portfolio •cameo • Romeo •Borneo, Tornio •Antonio • Scipio • Scorpio •barrio, Mario •impresario, Lothario, Polisario, Rosario, scenario •stereo • embryo •Blériot, Ontario •vireo • Florio •oratorio, Oreo •curio • Ajaccio • Lazio • nuncio •pistachio •fellatio, Horatio, ratio •ab initio, ex officio •patio • Subbuteo • physio

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