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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

porte

a gate, L.

porta

. See

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.

Noun.

The Ottoman court, so called from the gate of the Sultan's palace where justice is administered; as the Sublime Porte.

See also: porte, Porte, and porté

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