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Porte
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan's palace at which justice was administered.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Porte'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/porte.html. 1828.