seraglio
noun
the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.
seraglios
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pluralof seraglio.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Women, in Constantinople, are confined in seraglios for life, or shut up in their apartments.
From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II by Francis Augustus Cox
Fair marks are they to the inner bay, the reckless poacher knows, What time the scarred see-catchie lead their sleek seraglios.
From The Seven Seas by Rudyard Kipling
Whilst encamped here the united seraglios of Dost Mahommed and Jubber Khān passed in front of our tents, on their way to Kābul.
From A Peep into Toorkisthhan by Rollo Gillespie Burslem
And there are sultans and sultanas and seraglios existing in England under English forms.
From Getting Married by Bernard Shaw
Moreover, what does it all matter to us so long as our integrity is maintained, our seraglios remain intact, and our coffers are filled?
From In the Track of the Troops by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
