What is "serail"

n. (context now rare English) A seraglio.

n. living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household [syn: harem, hareem, seraglio]

Serail may refer to:

• , an administrative building (from Turkish , meaning palace)

• , a building or buildings for a harem (origin uncertain but probably also from Turkish , meaning palace)

• Grand Serail of Aleppo
• Grand Serail in Beirut
• , 1782 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart