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vizierate|vɪˈzɪərət|
Forms: α. 7, 9 visirate, 8–9 vizirate, 9 vizierate. β. 8 vizariat, 8–9 vizarit. γ. 8 vizirat, 9 vizierat.
[ad. Arab. wizārat, -et, f. wezīr, etc. vizier; or refashioned on vizier + -ate3. Cf. F. vizirat, viziriat.]
1. The dignity, position, or authority of a vizier or grand vizier; also, the period during which a particular vizier held office.
α1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 80 Zornesan Mustapha..who had been made Caymacam before the Visirate of Chiaoux Basha. 1732Hist. Litteraria III. 10 What an ardent and restless desire Asado'ddin had conceived for the Vizirate of Egypt. 1820T. Hope Anastasius (ed. 2) III. 145 This man..had served the Capitan-Pasha during his short Visirate. 1882Daily Tel. 4 May, The change in the Vizierate is supposed to indicate an early settlement of the war indemnity question with Russia. 1895Times 9 Nov. 5/1 Kiamil Pasha was dismissed from the Grand Vizierate last night.
β1768Dow Hist. Hindostan II. ii. Decline 52 Ahmed Shaw..degraded Seifdar Jung from the vizarit. 1787Beckford Italy (1834) II. 44 During the grand vizariat of Pombal. 1817Jas. Mill Brit. India I. iii. ii. 503 In the reign of Musaood he was raised to the dignity of lord of requests; and in that of Mahmood obtained the vizarit.
γ1815J. C. Hobhouse Substance Lett. (1816) I. 347 It is..clear that for some years the power of the crown, or the vizierat (it is the same), has been increasing. 1864Spectator 24 Dec. 1464/1 They will rather..fling up a vizierat, as Ouseley did, because the King asked him to impede a British design.
transf.1795W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XVI. 539 France has had four religions in four years: catholic at the opening of the States General;..deistical in the vizirat of Robespierre.
2. A province or district governed by a Turkish vizier.
1876A. J. Evans Through Bosnia v. 189 When the Vizierate of Bosnia stretched itself over Slavonia to the Drave. Ibid. viii. 346 The Vizierate of Herzegovina.
3. The department, establishment, or political residence of a (grand) vizier.
1908Times 15 Sept. 3/6 A communication from the Grand Vizierate followed the Bulgarian's receipt. |