seraglio

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noun

Plural noun:

seragliosserraglio

1.
A palace of a sultan.
2.
(by figurative extension) A profligate or decadent residence of a rich person.
3.
The sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines (odalisques) in a Turkish Muslim household.
4.
A brothel or place of debauchery.
5.
An interior cage or enclosed courtyard for keeping wild beasts.

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From Italian serraglio, from *serrāculum, from a late form of Latin serāre (lock up, close), from sera (lock, bolt). The Italian word was used (because of phonetic similarity) to translate Turkish - saray (palace). Compare serai, serail.