seraglio
noun
se·ra·glio sə-ˈral-(ˌ)yō 
-ˈräl-
plural seraglios
1
: harem sense 1a
2
: a palace of a sultan
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Despite Miller’s visual panache — when’s the last time a seraglio was depicted on the big screen? — these anecdotes are ultimately as unsatisfying as Campion’s Dog. 
Armond White, National Review, 7 Sep. 2022 The film, which was to be called In the Sultan’s Power, involved a dashing American traveler who rescues a young Frenchwoman from the seraglio of a diabolical Turkish nobleman. Longreads, 15 May 2018
Armond White, National Review, 7 Sep. 2022 The film, which was to be called In the Sultan’s Power, involved a dashing American traveler who rescues a young Frenchwoman from the seraglio of a diabolical Turkish nobleman. Longreads, 15 May 2018 Word History
Etymology
Italian serraglio, modification of Turkish saray palace
First Known Use
1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1
seraglio
noun
1
as in alcazar
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- alcazar
- villa
- castle
- mansion
- palace
- château
- estate
- court
2
as in harem
Synonyms & Similar Words
- harem
- bordello
- brothel
- bagnio
- whorehouse
- massage parlor
- cathouse
- crib
- bawdy house
- disorderly house
- call house
- stew
- sporting house
- spondean
- spondee
- spondees
- Spondiaceae
- Spondias
- spondiases
- spondulicks
- spondulix
- spondyl
- spondylarthrites
- spondylarthritides
- spondylarthritises
- spondylarthritisses
- spondyle
- spondylia
- spondylic
- spondylid
- Spondylidae
- spondylitis
- spondylitises
- spondylium
- spondylo-
- Spondylocladium
- spondyloid
- spondylolistheses