Word Meanings - SULTANSHIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The office or dignity of a sultan.

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• OFFICEHOLDER
  An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
• SULTANA
  A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey. Sultana bird , the hyacinthine, or purple, gallinule. See Illust. under Gallinule. (more info) 1. The wife of a sultan; a sultaness. 2. pl.
• SULTANSHIP
  The office or dignity of a sultan.
• OFFICE WIRE
  Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
• SULTAN
  A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the Padishah, or Grand Seignior; -- officially so called. Sultan flower. See Sweet sultan, under Sweet.
• DIGNITY
  digneté, dignité, F. dignité, fr. L. dignitas, from dignus worthy. 1. The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence. 2. Elevation; grandeur. The dignity of this act was worth the audience
• OFFICER
  Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard,
• SULTANY
  Sultanry. Fuller.
• SULTAN-RED
  Having a deep red color.
• OFFICE
  The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon. (more info) 1. That which a person does, either
• SULTANATE
  The rule or dominion of a sultan; sultanship.
• SULTANESS
  A sultana.
• SULTANRY
  The dominions of a sultan. Bacon.
• SULTANIC
  Pertaining to a sultan.
• POST OFFICE
  See POST
• BOOKING OFFICE
  1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
• CROWN OFFICE
  The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
• INDIGNITY
  Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult. How might a prince of my great hopes forget So
• SUBOFFICER
  An under or subordinate officer.
• CONDIGNITY
  Merit, acguired by works, which can claim reward on the score of general benevolence. Such a worthiness of condignity, and proper merit of the heavenly glory, cannot be found in any the best, most perfect, and excellent of created beings. Bp. Bull.
• RESULTANCE
  The act of resulting; that which results; a result. Donne.
• UNDEROFFICER
  A subordinate officer.