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单词 seraglio
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seraglion.

/sɛˈrɑːljəʊ/
Forms: Also 1500s sarralia, seralyo, serraqlio, 1600s seraglia, seralia, seralio, serraglio, serralia, surralia, surralya, zereglia, plural seragli.
Etymology: < Italian serraglio < popular Latin *serrāculum enclosure, place of confinement (compare medieval Latin serrāculum fastening of a door), < *serrāre (whence Italian serrare , French serrer , Spanish cerrar ) for serāre to lock up, close, < sera lock or bolt. The Italian word was, from similarity of sound, used to render the Turkish serāī lodging, palace (see serai n.1). The applications of the word which have been adopted in English all relate to Turkey and the East, but some of them represent merely the etymological sense of the Italian word, while others owe their meaning wholly or partly to the Turkish word. Compare serai n.1, serail n.
I. Enclosure, place of confinement.
1.
a. The part of a Muslim dwelling-house (esp. of the palace of a sovereign or great noble) in which the women are secluded; the apartments reserved for wives and concubines; a harem.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > suite of rooms > [noun] > for women of household
seraglio1581
serail1585
harem1634
gynaeceum1723
zenana1761
serai1813
anderoon1840
haremlik?1850
gynaeconitis1855
terem1898
1581 B. Rich Farewell Militarie Profession P j The kyng of Tunise..caused her to be put in the Cube, whiche is a place where he keepeth his Concubines (as the Turke doeth his in his Serraqlio [sic].)
1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 30 One principall wife, which is kept in a Seralyo.
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. ii. sig. D2v Thou shalt be, the Master Of my Seraglia . View more context for this quotation
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. 553 A kinswoman of his, liuing in the Zereglia.
1630 P. Massinger Renegado i. i. sig. B3 Can I know my sister Mewde vp in his Serraglio..and not haste to send him To the Deuill his tutor?
1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 145 In this our age we build more Serralias then Churches.
1788 Gentleman's Mag. 58 i. 100/2 Shutting up women in seraglios, and degrading them into an inferior class of beings.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. v. xviii. 328 The secrecy of Oriental seraglios.
b. The inmates of the harem; a polygamous household.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > concubinage or secondary marriage > concubine or secondary wife > member of harem > collectively
seraglio1634
harem1696
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 115 Each house top spred with Carpets, wheron slept a man & his peculiar Seralio.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. ix. 242 I would not exchange this one little English girl for the grand Turk's whole seraglio.
c. transferred and figurative.
ΚΠ
1659 J. Evelyn Let. 3 Sept. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) I. 366 At the other back front a plot wall'd in of a competent square, for the common Serraglio, disposd into a Garden.
1673 J. Dryden Assignation iv. i. 40 This Key will admit me into the Seraglio of the Godly [sc. the Nunnery].
1691 Comedy, Win Her & Take Her ii. i. 15 He'le make the Drawing-Room his Seraglio.
1709 Tatler No. 50. ⁋1 Woman was his mistress; and the whole Sex his Seraglio.
a1711 T. Ken Urania in Wks. (1721) IV. 478 There I a whole Seraglio met Of flatt'ring Lusts, which me beset.
1773 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) IV. 141 One grand-signior cock, with a seraglio of seven hens.
1820 W. Scott Monastery I. i. 90 The mighty bull moved at the head of his seraglio and their followers.
1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. ii. 48 A seraglio of maids of honour ministered to Henry's pleasures.
1881 H. W. Elliott Rep. Seal Island Alaska (1884) 38 The same indifference is also exhibited by the male [fur-seal] to all that may take place..outside of the boundary of his seraglio.
2. gen. An enclosure; a place of confinement.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > [noun] > place of enclosure or confinement
pounda1500
confine1603
seraglioa1660
a1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 292 I went to the Ghetto, where the Jewes dwell, as in a suburbs by themselves... I passed by the Piazza Judea (where their Serraglio begins).
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 209 Neare to the stables stands the serraglio where the wild beasts are kept.
II. = serai n.1
3. A Turkish palace, esp. the palace of the Sultan at Constantinople. Now Historical.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > dwelling of king or ruler > [noun]
hall971
fleta1000
saleOE
courta1175
palacec1300
praetoryc1384
praetorium1536
serail1585
seraglio1589
serai1617
sirkar1619
alcazar1623
alkedavy1631
palaisc1660
Residenz1824
istana1839
arch-house1876
1589 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 203 The..daily paiments..by the Grand Signior..to the officers of his Seraglio, or Court.
1600 T. Dallam Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) i. 57 The surralia..which doth joyne close to the Cittie.
1600 T. Dallam Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) i. 61 The Grand Sinyors Courte, Called the surralya.
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 559 The pleasantest of any Palace on the face of the earth, termed by them the Port, or Seraglio.
1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece i. 80 All about these parts are the Serraglioes, or Countrey-houses of the great Men among the Turks.
1728 E. Haywood tr. M.-A. de Gomez Belle Assemblée (1732) II. 251 He was immediately order'd to come to the Seraglio, where he was receiv'd by the Grand Visier with all imaginable tokens of Friendship and Esteem.
1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 304/2 The remains of the Seraglio, former palace of the Ottoman sultans.
4. A place of accommodation for travellers.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > lodging-place > temporary > for travellers, pilgrims, etc.
schooleOE
hospitalc1300
khanc1400
xenodochy?c1550
posting inn1556
vent1577
caravanserai1585
yam1587
serai1609
venta1610
post-house1611
xenodochium1612
imaret1613
seraglio1617
rancho1648
hospitium1650
watering-house1664
choultry1698
accommodation house1787
stage-house1788
spital1794
stand1805
resthouse1807
hospice1818
resting1879
stopping house1883
truck stop1961
1617 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 3) 606 At euery tenth course a Seraglia or Place of lodging for Man and Horse.
1659 J. Evelyn Let. 3 Sept. in Diary & Corr. (1852) III. 117 At the other back front a plot walled in of a competent square, for the common seraglio, disposed into a garden.
5. A warehouse. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > storehouse > warehouse
warehouse1349
packhousec1483
godown1588
bankshallc1615
serai1619
seraglio1628
magazine house1645
truck-house1731
packing house1796
1628 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 230 Depositing those intended for Cambay and Ahmadabad in the ‘seraglia’.
1676 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) 168 On the shoar towardes the factory seraglio is a fair large fountain.
1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece i. 42 The Currans..are..put into Ware-houses they call Seraglio's.
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 160 They are thrown thorow a Hole into the great Magazine, call'd the Seraglio.
6. ? A barrack for a particular corps of the Turkish army; hence, a corps or grade of Turkish soldiers. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > division > foreign
seraglio1600
banner1842
goum1845
ban1866
commando1899
society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > quarters > barracks > types of
hut1545
serail1585
seraglio1600
horse guardsc1660
caserne1676
foot barracks1705
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. 386 They are called home againe to the Seraglios of the Zamoglans (for so are they termed, till they be enrolled among the Ianissaries).
1613 H. Wotton Let. to Sir E. Bacon 21 Mar. The Turk..having made a leavy..of 5000 youths out of the Seragli.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. xxxii. 57 To give the command of Armies..to men of the first or second Seraglio.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
seraglio-guard n.
ΚΠ
1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 8 Man the Seraglio-guard.
seraglio lady n.
ΚΠ
1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 323 This is the cheife Guardian of the seraglio Ladys.
seraglio window n.
ΚΠ
1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 17 May (1965) I. 356 The Grand Signor was at the Seraglio Window.
C2.
seraglio cake n. a name given to a kind of fancy bread.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > fancy bread > other fancy bread
bun-bread1494
tea-bread1831
seraglio cake1842
pandoro1950
1842 G. Merle Domest. Dict. & Housekeeper's Man. 46 Seraglio Cake.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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