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Porte (pôrt, p

rt)

The government of the Ottoman Empire.

[French, short for la Sublime Porte, the High Gate, from Old French porte, gate; see port³.]

Porte [pɔːt]

(Historical Terms) short for Sublime Porte; the court or government of the Ottoman Empire

[shortened from French Sublime Porte High Gate, rendering the Turkish title Babi Ali, the imperial gate, which was regarded as the seat of government]

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Porte - the Ottoman court in Constantinople

Sublime Porte

royal court, court - the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state

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