The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire,
officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the
sultan's palace at which justice was administered.
To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate. Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or affection to the Queen. Clarendon. To soci...
