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 site was built in the 18th century by a sultanate that still governs the region politically and spiritually.
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Scott Mowbray Amrita Chandradas, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Long periods of rule by Portuguese, Dutch, and finally British colonial occupiers were only fully concluded in 1965, when the Maldives became an Islamic sultanate, albeit one not initially included in the British Commonwealth.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 17 Jan. 2025
The sultanate of Oman, on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, did not acknowledge taking in the prisoners early Tuesday.
—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.
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Scott Mowbray Amrita Chandradas, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Long periods of rule by Portuguese, Dutch, and finally British colonial occupiers were only fully concluded in 1965, when the Maldives became an Islamic sultanate, albeit one not initially included in the British Commonwealth.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 17 Jan. 2025
The sultanate of Oman, on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, did not acknowledge taking in the prisoners early Tuesday.
—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
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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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