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seraglio

noun

Definition of seraglio

as in alcazar

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as in harem

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Recent Examples of seraglio Kendall also participates in a toga party and is entertained by a provocative belly dancer in a male seraglio. — J. Hoberman, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025 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

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Top 5 Can’t Miss A former family mansion, the elegant Villa Igiea is one of Palermo’s most opulent stays, with a history of hosting celebrities and royals during its early years.

— Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2026
Still, Jolly has an uphill climb to the governor’s mansion in Florida.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2026

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One male character boasts of amassing a harem by offering food to the starving and threatening to murder the unwilling.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
In earlier times, autumn bugling would attract a harem of suitors, when more than a dozen cows would congregate to feed and mate.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

Definition of harem

Noun

Eventually 12 of them will be hotels and 13 will operate as private villas.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026
The property was sold for $15 million, although the fate of the empty 1939 villa has been debated by city leaders and preservationists who want to prevent its possible demolition.

— Joe Burbank, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

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The other piece was a close up of the castle against a deep blue sky with a variant of this showing Disney's traditional shooting star firework in an arc above it.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
The price that Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, paid for the three-story castle has not yet been disclosed.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026

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