'Sultanate' definitions:
Definition of 'sultanate'
From: WordNet
noun
Country or territory ruled by a sultan
Definition of 'Sultanate'
From: GCIDE
- Sultanate \Sul"tan*ate\, n. [Cf. F. sultanat.]
- 1. The rule or dominion of a sultan; sultanship. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The territory ruled by a sultan.
- Syn: soldanrie. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'sultanate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ally,
- archduchy,
- archdukedom,
- body politic,
- buffer state,
- caliphate,
- captive nation,
- chieftaincy,
- chieftainry,
- city-state,
- colony,
- commonweal,
- commonwealth,
- country,
- county,
- czardom,
- domain,
- dominion,
- duchy,
- dukedom,
- earldom,
- emperorship,
- empery,
- empire,
- free city,
- grand duchy,
- imperialism,
- kaiserdom,
- kaisership,
- kingdom,
- kinghood,
- kingship,
- land,
- majesty,
- mandant,
- mandate,
- mandated territory,
- mandatee,
- mandatory,
- nation,
- nationality,
- polis,
- polity,
- possession,
- power,
- principality,
- principate,
- protectorate,
- province,
- puppet government,
- puppet regime,
- queenhood,
- queenship,
- rajaship,
- realm,
- regnancy,
- republic,
- royalty,
- satellite,
- seneschalty,
- settlement,
- sovereign nation,
- sovereignty,
- state,
- sultanship,
- superpower,
- territory,
- the crown,
- the throne,
- toparchia,
- toparchy