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.

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. D2^v Thou shalt be, the Master Of my Seraglia .

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).

单词	seraglio
释义	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. D2^v 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). < n.1581
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