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ROYAL COURT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state
Synonyms:
court; royal court
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("royal court" is a kind of...):
authorities; government; regime (the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "royal court"):
Court of Saint James's (the British royal court)
Porte; Sublime Porte (the Ottoman court in Constantinople)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
Synonyms:
court; royal court
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("royal court" is a kind of...):
cortege; entourage; retinue; suite (the group following and attending to some important person)
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