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Definition of Sublime porte
1. Noun. The Ottoman court in Constantinople.
Definition of Sublime porte
1. Proper noun. (literally) The monumental portal at the Ottoman palace where the supreme tribunals were held; became the surname of the first palace in Burssa (now Brussa), transferred to the even grander Topkapi palace after the capital's transfer to Istanbul (the former Byzantine imperial capital Constantinople) ¹
2. Proper noun. (figuratively) A pars pro toto for the Ottoman sultanic court, hence for the imperial government, notably the vizierial divan and the entire empire ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sublime Porte
Literary usage of Sublime porte
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1829)
"A treaty then appeared unjustly concluded against the sublime porte, and without
iü knowledge. Notwithstanding the presence of M. de Ribeaupierre, who, ..."
2. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"sublime porte, a name for Constantinople which comes to us through the French La
Porte Sublime, " the sublime door or gate. ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year (1840)
"APPENDIX то THE TREATY OK COMMERCE BETWEEN THE sublime porte AND GREAT BRITAIN.
Some difficulties having arisen between their excellencies the ..."
4. A History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B by George Finlay (1877)
"THE ambassadors of the Christian powers were never treated with greater contempt
at the sublime porte than after the conquest of Candia. ..."
5. Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1878)
"The sublime porte will do itself the justice of declaring that it has neglected
... The sublime porte, for reasons which it is unnecessary to explain, ..."
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