(Persian serai, or Turkish serai, both of which signify a house), is commonly used to express the house or palace of a prince. In this sense it is frequently used at Constantinople, where the houses of foreign ambassadors are called seraglios. But it is commonly employed by way of eminence for the palace of the grand signior of Constantinople, where he keeps his court, where his concubines are lodged (properly called hareema), and where the youth are trained up for the chief posts of the empire.