Definitions for vizierate-ɪt, -eɪt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

vi•ziervɪˈzɪər, ˈvɪz yər(n.)

also vi•zir′

  1. a high government official in certain Muslim countries, esp. in the former Ottoman Empire.

    Category: Western History

Origin of vizier:

1555–65; < Turkish vezīr < Ar wazīr

vi•zier′ate-ɪt, -eɪt(n.)vi•zier′ship

Wiktionary

  1. vizierate(Noun)

    The office, dignity, or authority of a vizier

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vizierate(noun)

    the office, dignity, or authority of a vizier


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