Seraglio

(se-ral'yo,) or SERAIL, [It., from Turk. serai, apa lace.] The name properly borne by the palace of the Sultan of Turkey at Constantinople, and frequently and wrongfully applied to the HAREM, q. v. The principal entrance to the S. is through the Babi Humayun, or "Sublime Gate;" -whence the appellation of Sublime Porte, as commonly rendered to the Turkish govt. [s. 814]