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sul⋅tan⋅ate

  [suhl-tn-eyt]
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–noun
1. the office or rule of a sultan.
2. the territory ruled over by a sultan.
Origin:
1815–25; sultan + -ate 3
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sul·tan·ate   (sŭl'tə-nāt')   
n.  
  1. The office, power, or reign of a sultan.
  2. A country ruled by a sultan.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Sultanate

Sul"tan*ate\, n. [Cf. F. sultanat.] The rule or dominion of a sultan; sultanship.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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