"Sublime Porte" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From French Sublime Porte (“high gate/portal”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|Sublime Porte|t=high gate/portal}} French Sublime Porte (“high gate/portal”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|nolinkhead=1}} Sublime Porte
  1. (literally) The monumental portal at the Ottoman palace where the supreme tribunals were held; became the surname of the first palace in Bursa, transferred to the even grander Topkapı palace after the capital's transfer to Istanbul (the former Byzantine imperial capital Constantinople) Tags: literally Categories (topical): Buildings, History of Turkey Categories (place): Istanbul, Turkey
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  2. (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. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): History of Turkey Categories (place): Istanbul, Turkey Synonyms (pars pro toto): Istanbul
    Sense id: en-Sublime_Porte-en-name-j1fIofFM Disambiguation of History of Turkey: 49 51 Disambiguation of Istanbul: 54 46 Disambiguation of Turkey: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'pars pro toto': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: High Porte, Ottoman Porte, Porte (english: shortening) Related terms: mikado, pharaoh (english: terms related to buildings that are also titles of monarchs) Translations (Ottoman imperial government): البَاب العَالِي (al-bāb al-ʕālī) [masculine] (Arabic), Den Høje Port (note: definite form) [common-gender] (Danish), Porten (note: definite form) [common-gender] (Danish), Hoge Porte (Dutch), Sublieme Porte (Dutch), Verhevene Porte (Dutch), Porte (Dutch), Sublime Porte (French), Hohe Pforte [feminine] (German), باب عالی (Persian), عالی قاپو (Persian), Höga porten [common-gender] (Swedish), Porten [common-gender] (Swedish), Babıali (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'Ottoman imperial government': 45 55
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