meaning of seraglio
1. An inclosure; a place of separation.
2. The palace of the Grand Seignior, or Turkish sultan, at Constantinople, inhabited by the sultan himself, and all the officers and dependents of his court. In it are also kept the females of the harem.
3. A harem; a place for keeping wives or concubines; sometimes, loosely, a place of licentious pleasure; a house of debauchery.
4. living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
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