sultanate
noun
sul·tan·ate
ˈsəl-tə-ˌnāt 
1
: a state or country governed by a sultan
2
: the office, dignity, or power of a sultan
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His sultanate ended in 1923.
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The sultanate of Oman, on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, did not acknowledge taking in the prisoners early Tuesday.
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Lilith Foster-Collins, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Advertisement The sultanate of Oman, on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, did not acknowledge taking in the prisoners early Tuesday.
—Ellen Knickmeyer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Among those who suffered most were the Masalit, historically the main tribe in West Darfur and the descendants of a once powerful sultanate that resisted colonization into the 1920s.
—Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2021
In November 1941, Morocco marked the Feast of the Throne, a holiday held yearly to celebrate Mohammed’s sultanate.
—Theo Zenou, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
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Lilith Foster-Collins, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Advertisement The sultanate of Oman, on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, did not acknowledge taking in the prisoners early Tuesday.
—Ellen Knickmeyer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Among those who suffered most were the Masalit, historically the main tribe in West Darfur and the descendants of a once powerful sultanate that resisted colonization into the 1920s.
—Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2021
In November 1941, Morocco marked the Feast of the Throne, a holiday held yearly to celebrate Mohammed’s sultanate.
—Theo Zenou, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
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sultanate
noun
sul·tan·ate
ˈsəlt-ᵊn-ˌāt
1
: a state or country governed by a sultan
2
: the power or position of a sultan
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