Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office or state of a sultan.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office or dignity of a sultan.
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- noun The office or status of a
sultan .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It was by accident; his sultanship was felled by a fall.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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It was by accident; his sultanship was felled by a fall.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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It was by accident; his sultanship was felled by a fall.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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Altogether the sultanship of a district in Ugogo must be very remunerative, besides being a delightful sinecure, so long as the
How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004
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These adventures augment my rapturous felicity; and if time and destiny have shorn me of the privilege of my sultanship, which you say rendered me so proud and vain,
French and Oriental Love in a Harem Mario Uchard
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This temporary sultanship always falls in spring, about the beginning of April.
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This temporary sultanship always falls in spring, about the beginning of April.
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This temporary sultanship always falls in spring, about the beginning of April.
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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I should hear, some fine morning, his sultanship of Roum rattling at my gates.
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This temporary sultanship always falls in spring, about the beginning of April.
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