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SUBLIME PORTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Ottoman court in Constantinople
Synonyms:
Porte; Sublime Porte
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Sublime Porte" is a kind of...):
court; royal court (the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state)