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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Grétry, Mozart, Wieland, scarcely took their seraglios, pashas, bulbuls earnestly.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld
Fair marks are they to the inner bay, the reckless poacher knows What time the scarred see-catchie lead their sleek seraglios.
From Verses 1889-1896 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
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
One bright morning in August, 1864, after a brief rest at Salt Lake, we left Brigham's seraglios for this new El Dorado.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 by Various
