vizierate

British

/ vɪˈzɪərɪt, -eɪt /

noun

the position, rank, or authority of a vizier
the term of office of a vizier

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Soon after he died; and his nephew, Saladin, succeeded to the vizierate.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

Abbās, who was raised to the vizierate in his place.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various

Thus the grand vizierate became a post without power, which, he explained, did not interest him any longer.

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