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| Porte [ pawrt ] |
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Ottoman government: the court or government of the Ottoman Empire. It was situated in Constantinople.
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| [Early 17th century. < French (la Sublime) Porte "(the exalted) Gate," translation of the Turkish title of the central office; from the palace gate where justice was administered] |
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