(n.) A book; esp., a collection of poems written by one author; as, the divan of Hafiz.
(n.) In Turkey and other Oriental countries: A council of state; a royal court. Also used by the poets for a grand deliberative council or assembly.
(n.) A chief officer of state.
(n.) A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round the room.
(n.) A cushioned seat, or a large, low sofa or couch; especially, one fixed to its place, and not movable.
(n.) A coffee and smoking saloon.
Example Sentences:
(1) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Music without borders: Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim (centre) and Ramzi Aburedwan (right) with members of the Divan orchestra.
(2) But Barenboim had his Israeli musicians to protect, as well as the Divan’s depoliticising mission of co-operation and co-existence.
(3) Instead, Miller recommends a bouncy mohair divan (she pronounces it “dive-in”) in the guest bedroom.
(4) On the divan, her new mother-in-law, sighing at some new ache or pain.
(5) ❦ I must have passed the doors of Simpson’s-in-the-Strand hundreds of times in the past 45 years, but I never stepped through them until this Tuesday – only to discover that the restaurant, opened in 1828 as Samuel Reiss’s Grand Cigar Divan, is up for sale and might soon become the most stupendous branch of Nando’s, or yet another block of expensive flats, and therefore indistinguishable from the rest of London.
(6) But it was a lie.” He and Barenboim parted ways in 2011; to Ramzi’s sadness, the Divan is now boycotted in Palestine.
(7) A super-king-size divan base with separate single mattresses (one hard, one soft), a unifying fitted sheet – and earplugs, of course.
(8) The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra he founded with the Israeli citizen Daniel Barenboim in 1999 grew out of the friendship he forged with the musician who shares his belief that art - and, in particular, the music of Wagner - transcends political ideology.
(9) He was also invited to join the West-Eastern Divan , the orchestra of Israeli and Arabic musicians created by Edward Said and Daniel Barenboim .
Vizier
Definition:
(n.) A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries.
Example Sentences:
(1) A party spokesman, Alain Vizier, said on Sunday that Mr Le Pen had "dramatised" the incident, adding that the Front National leader "was fine".
(2) So he crafted a vision of him as the grand vizier because that was easier for everyone to appreciate and understand.
(3) Carker, Dombey's "Grand Vizier", has wonderfully white teeth and a smile that never extends beyond his mouth.
(4) In the 2nd half of the 8th century A.D., the Barmakids, descendants of an Iranian princely house of Central Asia, succeeded for 3 generations as viziers and governors of the caliphs to be very popular with the common people and, at the same time, to achieve considerable influence, wealth and power at the court of the reigning Abbasids.