sultan
noun
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
sultanship
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a word derived from
sultan.
Example Sentences
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This temporary sultanship always falls in spring, about the beginning of April.
From The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer
“But you know how I was made a fool of, and then pitched over at any time, when your sultanship thought proper to be attentive.”
From By Birth a Lady by George Manville Fenn
"Pray how many fiancées has your sultanship got?"
From The Village Notary by J?zsef E?tv?s
By royal decree of November 13, 1877, the sultanship was transformed into a civico-military government.
From The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient by Murat Halstead
