Sublime Porte

专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

专有名词
  1. 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) literally
  2. The Ottoman sultanic court, hence the imperial government, notably the vizierial divan and the entire empire, or a personage with a similar standing. figuratively
    — He liked the pleasures of the table, and he liked attendance; he was a sort of Sublime Porte to his valets.

词形变化

High Porte alternative Ottoman Porte alternative Porte alternative

词汇关系

近义词
Ottoman sultanic court etc
相关词
mikado pharaoh

词源

From French Sublime Porte (“high gate/portal”).
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