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Definition of Serai
1. n. A palace; a seraglio; also, in the East, a place for the accommodation of travelers; a caravansary, or rest house.
Definition of Serai
1. a Turkish palace [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Serai
Literary usage of Serai
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Bosna serai is one of the chief industrial and commercial cities in European Turkey.
It manufactures tin, iron, and copper wares, fire-arms, ..."
2. Researches in Asia Minor, Pontus and Armenia: With Some Account of Their by William John Hamilton (1842)
"At half-past eight we left Ak serai for the salt lake of ... in question falls
into the salt lake at a distance of twelve or fourteen miles from Ak serai. ..."
3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1888)
"A little distance above this was a modern mosque or masjid, with a minar or tower;
and at the foot of the hill, north-east of the supposed serai', ..."
4. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"THE serai CABAL. UPON the evidence of a scullion, I, the State, rose up and made
sudden investigation of my crowded serai. There I found and dismissed, ..."
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