porte Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the Ottoman court in Constantinople
    Sublime Porte.

WordNet

Porte noun
Etymology
F. porte a gate, L. porta. See Port a gate.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913