Seraglio

(n.) An inclosure; a place of separation.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A harem; a place for keeping wives or concubines; sometimes, loosely, a place of licentious pleasure; a house of debauchery.

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• I would not exchange this one little English girl for the Grand Turk's whole seraglio, gazelle- eyes, houri forms, and all! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I'll not stand you an inch in the stead of a seraglio, I said; so don't consider me an equivalent for one. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

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