'Sublime Porte' definitions:
Definition of 'Sublime Porte'
noun
The Ottoman court in Constantinople [syn:
Porte, Sublime Porte]
Definition of 'Sublime Porte'
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Porte \Porte\, n. [F. porte a gate, L. porta. See Port a
gate.]
The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire,
officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port)
of the sultan's palace at which justice was administered.
[1913 Webster]
