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‖ khilat, khelat East Ind.|ˈkɪlʌt|
Forms: 7 calaat, collat, 8 kall-, kellaut, 8–9 khilat, khelaut, 9 khelat, khellât, khillaut, calatte, (khelut, khillut, killut, -laut).
[Urdū (Pers.) khilﻋat, khalﻋat, a. Arab. khilﻋah (-at).]
A dress of honour presented by a king or other dignitary as a mark of distinction to the person receiving it; hence, any handsome present made by an acknowledged superior.
1684J. Phillips tr. Tavernier's Trav. I. iii. v. 108 The Garment of Honour, or the Calaat, the Bonnet, and Girdle. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 87 He had a Collat or Seerpaw, a Robe of Honour from Head to Foot, offered him from the Great Mogul. 1774Bogle in Markham Narr. Mission Tibet (1876) 25 A flowered satin gown was brought me. I was dressed in it as a khilat. 1803Edmonstone in Owen Mrq. Wellesley's Desp. (1877) 325 He is admitted to the privilege of investing the Peishwa with a khelaut. 1845Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. India (1854) 239 The king..maintains the royal privilege of conferring khillauts. 1876J. Grant Hist. India I. xxxvii. 191/1 No peishwa could be appointed without first receiving the khelat. 1886Yule, Killut, Killaut. |