Sublime Porte (English, name)
expansion: Sublime Porte
Senses:
glosses: 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
glosses: The Ottoman sultanic court, hence the imperial government, notably the vizierial divan and the entire empire, or a personage with a similar standing.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: High Porte
tags: alternative
form: Ottoman Porte
tags: alternative
form: Porte
tags: alternative