Meaning of serail | Babel Free

Definitions

A seraglio.

archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch, And in my Sarell tend my Concubines:”

“What longing lust would not bee alaid, to see three hundred women at his dispose and pleasure, as hath the Grand Turke in his Seraille?”

“London teemed with brothels and other pleasure domes such as Mrs Hayes's serail in Pall Mall, whose floor show included a Tahitian “Love Feast’ between twelve nymphs and twelve youths, and naked dancing.”

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