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Definition of Divan
1. Noun. A long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall).
2. Noun. A Muslim council of state.
3. Noun. A collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author).
4. Noun. A Muslim council chamber or law court.
Definition of Divan
1. n. A book; esp., a collection of poems written by one author; as, the divan of Hafiz.
Definition of Divan
1. Noun. A couch- or sofa-like piece of furniture made of a mattress lying against the wall and either on the floor or an elevated structure. ¹
2. Noun. (historical) A Muslim council of state, such as that of viziers of the Ottoman Empire that discussed and recommended new laws and law changes to a higher authority (the sultan). ¹
3. Noun. A collection of poems, especially one written by one author in Arabic or Persian. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Divan
1. a sofa or couch [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divan
Literary usage of Divan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"All the annual officers are appointed by the divan, on the apth day of ...
the council of their divan ; and a ilep to this office is ..."
2. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"jHe divan dayes are foure in the Weeke; viz. Saturday, Sunday, Munday, and Tuesday,
upon which dayes, the Chiefe Vizir, with all the rest of the Vizirs; ..."
3. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"IHe divan dayes are foure in the Weeke; viz. Saturday, Sunday, Munday, and Tuesday,
upon which dayes, the Chiefe Vizir, with all the rest of the Vizirs; ..."
4. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Arthur Stedman, Edmund Clarence Stedman (1894)
"THE divan. A LITTLE maid of Astrakan, An idol on a silk divan; ... Thou little
girl of Astrakan, I join thec on the silk divan: There is no need to seek the ..."
5. American Poetry by Percy Holmes Boynton, Howard Mumford Jones, George Wiley Sherburn, Frank Martindale Webster (1918)
"A little maid of Astrakan, An idol on a silk divan; She sits so still, ...
Thou little girl of Astrakan, 1 join thee on the silk divan: There is no need to ..."
6. A History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B by George Finlay (1877)
"To make himself a national monarch, in opposition to the Oriental despotism of
the sultan, he convoked a divan to consider the question of raising supplies, ..."
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