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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Porte \Porte\, n. [F. porte a gate, L. porta. See Port a
      gate.]
      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.
      [1913 Webster]