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–noun

the former Ottoman court or government in Turkey.

Official name, Sublime Porte.

[Origin: short for Sublime Porte High Gate, F trans. of the Turkish official title Babιâli, with reference to the palace gate at which justice was administered

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n. The government of the Ottoman Empire.

[French, short for la Sublime Porte, the High Gate, from Old French porte, gate; see port³.]

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"Ottoman court at Constantinople," 1609, from Fr., la Sublime Porte, translation of Arabic bab-i-'aliy, lit. "lofty gate," official name of the central office of the Ottoman government (cf. Vatican for "the Papacy," Kremlin for "the U.S.S.R."). Supposedly a ref. to the ancient custom of holding royal audience in the doorway of a king's palace or tent.

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porte
noun
the Ottoman court in Constantinople

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La Porte City, IA (city, FIPS 43365) Location: 42.31308 N, 92.19120 W
Population (1990): 2128 (925 housing units)
Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50651

La Porte County, IN (county, FIPS 91) Location: 41.54916 N, 86.74500 W
Population (1990): 107066 (42268 housing units)
Area: 1549.5 sq km (land), 38.4 sq km (water)

La Porte, CA Zip code(s): 95981

La Porte, IN (city, FIPS 42246) Location: 41.60748 N, 86.71477 W
Population (1990): 21507 (9135 housing units)
Area: 29.2 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 46350

La Porte, TX (city, FIPS 41440) Location: 29.66655 N, 95.04466 W
Population (1990): 27910 (9966 housing units)
Area: 49.9 sq km (land), 2.7 sq km (water)

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Port\, n. [F. porte, L. porta, akin to portus; cf. AS. porte, fr. L. porta. See Port a harbor, and cf. Porte.]

1. A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place; a gate; a door; a portal. [Archaic]

Him I accuse The city ports by this hath entered. --Shak.

Form their ivory port the cherubim Forth issuing. --Milton.

2. (Naut.) An opening in the side of a vessel; an embrasure through which cannon may be discharged; a porthole; also, the shutters which close such an opening.

Her ports being within sixteen inches of the water. --Sir W. Raleigh.

3. (Mach.) A passageway in a machine, through which a fluid, as steam, water, etc., may pass, as from a valve to the interior of the cylinder of a steam engine; an opening in a valve seat, or valve face.

Air port, Bridle port, etc. See under Air, Bridle, etc.

Port bar (Naut.), a bar to secure the ports of a ship in a gale.

Port lid (Naut.), a lid or hanging for closing the portholes of a vessel.

Steam port, & Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the ports of the cylinder communicating with the valve or valves, for the entrance or exit of the steam, respectively.

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