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Sublime Porte properNoun

  • (figuratively) A pars pro toto for the Ottoman sultanic court, hence for the imperial government, notably the vizierial divan and the entire empire, or a personage with a similar standing.
 Hoge Porte, Porte, Sublieme Porte, Verhevene Porte
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