Sublime Porte

English

Alternative forms

• High Porte
• Ottoman Porte
• Porte (shortening)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French, meaning 'the high gate/portal'.

Proper noun

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 Topkapi palace after the capital's transfer to Istanbul (the former Byzantine imperial capital Constantinople)
2. (figuratively) A pars pro toto for the Ottoman sultanic court, hence for the imperial government, notably the vizierial divan and the entire empire

Synonyms

• (pars pro toto) Istanbul

Translations

Ottoman imperial government

• Danish: Den Høje Port c (definite form), Porten c (definite form)
• Dutch: Hoge Porte, Sublieme Porte, Verhevene Porte, Porte
• French: Sublime Porte (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Hohe Pforte (de) f
• Swedish: Höga porten c, Porten c

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French

Proper noun

Sublime Porte ?

1. The Sublime Porte, Ottoman sultanic palace, court, capital and empire