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THE See also:

SUBLIME (Lat. sublimis, exalted)

SUBLIME See also:
THE SUBLIME PORTE (Arab. babi-'ali, the high gate, through the French translation la sublime porte)
PORTE (Arab. babi-'See also:
ALI
ali, the high See also:
GATE
gate, through the See also:
FRENCH
FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)
French See also:
TRANSLATION
translation la sublime porte) , in See also:

TURKEY

Turkey, theofficial name for the See also:

government, derived from the high See also:

GATE

gate giving See also:

ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access to the See also:

BUILDING

building where the offices of the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

state departments are situated .

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