1) Hareem 2) Harem 3) Living quarters 4) Quarters 5) Serail
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1) Hareem 2) Harem 3) Serail 4) Zenana
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A seraglio (oʊ {respell|sə|RAL|yoh} or oʊ {respell|sə|RAHL|yoh}) 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. ==Etymology== The etymology of this Italian word is unclea...
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harem
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• (n.) 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. • (n.) An inclosure; a place of separation. • (n.) A harem; a place for keeping wives or concubines; sometimes, loosely, a plac...
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1. An inclosure; a place of separation. 'I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell as in a suburb, by themselves. I passed by the piazza Judea, where their seraglio begins.' (Evelyn) ... 2. 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 i...
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Se·ragl'io noun [ Italian
serraglio , originally, an inclosure of palisades, afterwards also, a palace, seraglio (by confusion with Persian
serāï a a palace, an entirely different word), from
serrare to shut, from Late Latin
serra a bar for fastening doors, Latin
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Seraglio was a term used in Istanbul (then called Constantinople) during the period from the 16th century onwards for the palace of the grand signior where he kept his court and his concubines were lodged, and where the youths were trained for the chief posts of the empire. The term was also used in Persia and Turkey to describe the house or palace...
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