vizierate
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Vizierate — Viz ier*ate, n. [Cf. F. vizirat.] The office, dignity, or authority of a vizier. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vizierate — noun see vizier … New Collegiate Dictionary
vizierate — noun The office, dignity, or authority of a vizier … Wiktionary
vizierate — vi·zier·ate … English syllables
vizierate — və̇ˈzirə̇]t, ˈziˌrā] sometimes ˈvizēəˌrā]; usu ]d.+V noun ( s) 1. : the office, dignity, or authority of a vizier 2. : the term of office of a vizier … Useful english dictionary
vizier — vizierate /vi zear it, ayt, viz yeuhr it, yeuh rayt /, viziership, n. vizierial, adj. /vi zear , viz yeuhr/, n. (formerly) a high official in certain Muslim countries and caliphates, esp. a minister of state. Cf. grand vizier. Also, vizir. [1555… … Universalium
Vizier (Ancient Egypt) — G47 t:Z1 A1 The vizier was the highest official in Ancient Egypt to serve the king, or pharaoh during the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms. [Ian Shaw, The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt , p.95] . Vizier is the generally accepted rendering of… … Wikipedia
Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha — Cigalazade Pasha, Italian Muslim, Ottoman Grand Vizier, Admiral and General Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha (c. 1545–1605), meaning son of Cigala, was an Ottoman statesman of Italian background, who held the office of Grand Vizier for forty days… … Wikipedia
Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha — (also spelled Hussein Hilmi Pasha) was an Ottoman statesman who held the top post of grand vizier for a brief period in the wake of the Second Constitutional Era in the Ottoman Empire, but who is also notable for being one of the founders of the… … Wikipedia
Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Paşa — ▪ Ottoman vizier born 1637, Vezirköprü, Anatolia, Ottoman Empire [now in Turkey] died Aug. 19, 1691, Slankamen, Serbia Ottoman vizier and then grand vizier (1689–91) who helped overthrow the sultan Mehmed IV but was himself killed in the… … Universalium
