Sublime Porte

== English == === Alternative forms === High Porte Ottoman Porte Porte (shortening) === Etymology === From French Sublime Porte (“high gate/portal”). === Proper noun === Sublime Porte (literally) The monumental portal at the Ottoman palace where the supreme tribunals were held; became the surname of the first palace in Bursa, transferred to the even grander Topkapı palace after the capital's transfer to Istanbul (the former Byzantine imperial capital Constantinople) (figuratively) The Ottoman sultanic court, hence the imperial government, notably the vizierial divan and the entire empire, or a personage with a similar standing. ==== Synonyms ==== (Ottoman sultanic court etc.): Istanbul ==== Translations ==== === See also === mikado, pharaoh (terms related to buildings that are also titles of monarchs) == French == === Etymology === Calque of Ottoman Turkish باب عالی (Babıali). === Proper noun === Sublime Porte f the Sublime Porte, Ottoman sultanic palace, court, capital and empire ==== Descendants ==== → English: Sublime Porte