Sublime Porte
Britishnoun
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Congressmen before whose names the people have written "ex" instead of "X" become ambassadors to the Sublime Porte or Commissioners of This and That.
From Time Magazine Archive
France is the old friend and ally of the Sublime Porte, the natural enemy of Russia.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various
The matter of the stolen plans is being taken up by our Ambassador at the Sublime Porte.
From The Dark Star by Stevens, William Dodge
The Sultan returned to the Palace and immediately sent one of his eunuchs to the Sublime Porte to see the Grand Vizier and find out the meaning of these strange proceedings.
From Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales by Adler, Cyrus
The patriarch Gregorius protested, but the Sublime Porte would not thereby be deterred, and in May, 1872, Anthimos the Exarch elect was installed.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.
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