SERAGLIO

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 42

An Italian corruption of the oriental word serai. The palace of the Turkish sultan in Constantinople is thus designated by Euroj)ean writers. The principal gate of the seraglio is the Babi Humayun, or Sublime Gate, whence the ordinary title of the "Turkish government is derived. SERAPHIM, or JESUS, [s. 1117]