Definitions for seraglio

seraglio se·ragl·io

Spelling: [si-ral-yoh, -rahl-]
IPA: /sɪˈræl yoʊ, -ˈrɑl-/

Seraglio is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 486 anagrams from letters in seraglio (aegilors).

Definitions for seraglio

noun

  1. the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.
  2. a Turkish palace, especially of the sultan.

Origin of seraglio

1575-85; Italian serraglio Persian sarāy palace; sense development in Italian perhaps influenced by serrare to lock up

Examples for seraglio

He led the way until they came to a gallery that overlooked the seraglio.

The Pacha had sent his subordinate with a guard to transfer him to the seraglio.

A threat that savored more of the seraglio than of the throne!

You have turned your house into a seraglio, as birds are kept in a cage.

What cry was that which startles the seraglio from its siesta?

Woman was no longer the captive of the seraglio, nor the chronicler of small beer.

But the ladies of the king's seraglio were his principal customers.

So Quasimodo had fifteen bells in his seraglio; but big Marie was his favorite.

I raved and stormed through the seraglio like one possessed, but it was all in vain.

Beyond the walls of the seraglio lay the royal hunting grounds.

Word Value for seraglio
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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