Usually means: Islamic monarchy ruled by sultan.
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  1. sultanate: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sultanate: Merriam-Webster
  3. sultanate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sultanate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sultanate: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. Sultanate, sultanate: Wordnik
  8. sultanate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sultanate: Wiktionary
  10. sultanate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sultanate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  14. Sultanate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Sultanate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
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  17. Sultanate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. sultanate: FreeDictionary.org
  19. sultanate: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  21. sultanate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition

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▸ noun:  A sovereign or vassal princely state—usually Muslim—where the ruler is styled sultan.
▸ noun:  The office or position of sultan.

Similar:
sultan, sultanry, sultanism, sultana, sultany, sultaness, soldan, soldanrie, seraglio, serraglio, more...

Opposite:
republic, democracy, monarchy

Types:
Oman, Brunei, Yogyakarta, Kedah, Kelantan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor, more...

Phrases:
Delhi Sultanate, Mamluk Sultanate, ottoman sultanate, Malacca Sultanate, brunei sultanate, more...

Adjectives:
independent, mamluk, turkish, ottoman, muslim, old, seljuk, powerful, new, former, malay

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    gold,     emerald,     ruby,     sapphire,     turquoise, more...

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Similar:
sultan, sultanry, sultanism, sultana, sultany, sultaness, soldan, soldanrie, seraglio, serraglio, more...

Opposite:
republic, democracy, monarchy

Types:
Oman, Brunei, Yogyakarta, Kedah, Kelantan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor, more...

Phrases:
Delhi Sultanate, Mamluk Sultanate, ottoman sultanate, Malacca Sultanate, brunei sultanate, zanzibar sultanate, Sultanate of Oman, Mahra Sultanate, Sultanate of Zanzibar, Sultanate of Sulu, Sultanate of Rum, more...

Adjectives:
independent, mamluk, turkish, ottoman, muslim, old, seljuk, powerful, new, former, malay

Colors:
    gold,     emerald,     ruby,     sapphire,     turquoise, more...



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