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- adjective Of, pertaining to, or issued by, a vizier.
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- adjective Of, pertaining to, or issued by, a
vizier
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Examples
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This is the royal and vizierial distinction at Harar, where no lesser man may stucco the walls of his house.
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This is the royal and vizierial distinction at Harar, where no lesser man may stucco the walls of his house.
First Footsteps in East Africa Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Glavash, a leader, who, like himself, was then supporting the government: so he immediately took care to make the Pasha understand that he was about to set out on a tour in the country, to raise some money for the vizierial strong-box.
Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. Andrew Archibald Paton 1842
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States Minister at the Porte procured a vizierial letter, directing that Mr. Johnston suffer no further molestation, and he removed his family thither in the spring of 1835.
History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. Rufus Anderson 1838
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These were then subjected to a severe persecution, and they sent to Constantinople for a vizierial letter, which was granted, but brought little relief.
History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. Rufus Anderson 1838
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On the 19th of November, 1847, Lord Cowley had the satisfaction of announcing, that the Grand Vizier, wishing, as he said, to do something that he knew would be agreeable to his lordship, before he should leave the country, had obtained the Sultan's permission to issue a vizierial letter in his Majesty's name, which would establish their independence at once. [
History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. Rufus Anderson 1838
fbharjo commented on the word vizierial
wazir - the source of vizierial- in persian is literally a "burden bearer" or "helper". Projection involves transferring a figurative load to another. This is the "projective" aspect of vizierial
November 15, 2008