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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.
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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.
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Longreads,
15 May 2018
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seraglio
Noun
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Property records obtained by the outlet show their four-bedroom, five-bathroom mansion in La La Land was listed on the rental market for $18K a month.
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The couple luxuriated in a 25-room mansion in Hartford, Connecticut, staffed by six servants.
Noun
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In earlier times, autumn bugling would attract a harem of suitors, when more than a dozen cows would congregate to feed and mate.
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Facts about elephant seals—a bull’s responsibility to impregnate his harem of females, birthing and nursing—though presented scientifically, put the children in a state of wild glee that a thousand-year-old redwood tree or a century-old lighthouse could not induce.
Noun
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Eleven suites and villas, each with a fireplace and a head-on view of The Remarkables.
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The villas are complete with spacious infinity pools and gardens, as well as cave-like common areas and cozy bedroom-bathroom dwellings.
Noun
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The hotel’s penthouse-type accommodation is the castle-facing Patina Suite, equipped with its own turntable and sound system plus a minimalist Japanese-style meditation room.
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The score drips with a sinister ostinato as the rats scurry into every corner of her castle.
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“Seraglio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seraglio. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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