serailn.
/səˈreɪl/ Now rare.† 2. = seraglio n. 3, serai n.1 2. Obsolete.† 3. A barrack for Turkish soldiers; = seraglio n. 6.
1. = seraglio n. 1.
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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
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xxii. 59 b [The women's] priuate bathes, which for the most part they haue..within their houses or Sarails.
1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. C7 He shall be made a chast and lustlesse Eunuke, And in my Sarell tend my Concubines.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xlii. 143 What longing-lust would not be alaide, to see three hundred women at his dispose and pleasure, as hath the Grand Turke in his Seraille?
1628 R. Le Grys tr. J. Barclay Argenis iii. 244 Thou wouldest haue said, that she was brought vp in the warres; they bred in a Serrayle of Women.
1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 77 These vigilant guards..consigned them, with good commendations, to the surgeons of the serail.
1808 E. S. Barrett Miss-led General 161 A numerous serail must be attended with vast expence.
1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen iii. 42 Venice..is the bowing slave of the Sultan..she watches the walls of his Serail.
1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. xv. 366 The purest monotheism, they discovered, was perfectly compatible with bigotry and ferocity, luxury and tyranny, serails and bowstrings.
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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
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxv. 140 b Selim builded there for a dwelling place, a fayre and sumptuous Sarail.
1621 Knolles's Gen. Hist. Turkes (ed. 3) 1311 The embassador went himselfe to the serraill.
1687 London Gaz. No. 2307/3 The other report is, That the Grand Signior is only kept a close Prisoner in the Serail.
1782 J. Scott Poet. Wks. 231 And from his high serail the sultan hears The wide Propontis' beating waves resound.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > quarters > barracks > types of
hut1545
serail1585
seraglio1600
horse guardsc1660
caserne1676
foot barracks1705
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxv. 140 b There is besides another Sarail, for the lodging of the Azamoglans or Ianissaries.
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