Sultanate: alternatives and connections

Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.

A suffix properly meaning a rule, ruling, as in monarchy, the rule of one only. Cf. -arch.

Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Rene of A…

Dominion; rule.

dominance or power through legal authority; "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar"

The dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually o…

The dominion of an ethnarch; principality and rule.

an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization; "all her children were brilliant; the only exception was her last child…

A irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan.

A decree of the Sultan.

A governor or viceroy; -- a title granted in 1867 by the sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.

The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.

In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a r…

Dominion; rule; command.

Female rule or dominion.

A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan.

A body of persons having some common honorary distinction or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons or aggregate of con…

A rule established by authority; a permanent rule of action; a statute, law, regulation, rescript, or accepted usage; an edict or decr…