English Dictionary

Sublime Porte

固有名詞

直訳 比喩的用法

(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)

日本語の意味

オスマン帝国の宮殿にある、荘厳な門。ここでは最高裁判所や重要な公的行事が行われた。 / 元はブルサの宮殿の正門の名称で、その後首都がイスタンブールに移る際に、より壮大なトプカプ宮殿に転用された名称。

The ambassador presented his credentials at the Sublime Porte before negotiations began.

大使は交渉が始まる前に、最高審理が行われたオスマン帝国宮殿の記念碑的な門で信任状を提出した。

意味（1）

(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)

意味（2）

(figuratively) A pars pro toto for the Ottoman sultanic court, hence for the imperial government, notably the vizierial divan and the entire empire, or a personage with a similar standing.

He liked the pleasures of the table, and he liked attendance; he was a sort of Sublime Porte to his valets.