Sublime Porte

English

Alternative forms

High Porte
Ottoman Porte
Porte (shortening)

Etymology

From French, meaning 'the high gate/portal'.

Proper noun

Sublime Porte

(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)
(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)

German: Hohe Pforte (de) f
Swedish: Höga porten c, Porten c

French

Proper noun

Sublime Porte

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

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