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durbar
noun 3
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4ADJ.
customary
VERB + DURBAR
stage, summoned
DURBAR + NOUN
plains, rangoon, shots
PREP.
in, on
Definitions
noun
1
A ceremonial gathering held by a ruler in India.
Sir Salar Jung was proceeding to the palace of the Nizam on his bocha, a sort of state palanquin, in order to be present at the customary Eed durbar... when two shots in rapid succession were fired.
A month after his retirement he was summoned to a durbar in Rangoon, to receive the decoration that had been awarded to him by the Indian Government.
2
An audience chamber.
“If you cannot gueſs, perhaps the bird himſelf may inform you, Madam,” ſaid the ſultan, who was withdrawing to the grand durbar.
3
The body of officials at a royal or princely court in India.
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Sir Salar Jung was proceeding to the palace of the Nizam on his bocha, a sort of state palanquin, in order to be present at the customary Eed durbar... when two shots in rapid succession were fired.
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A month after his retirement he was summoned to a durbar in Rangoon, to receive the decoration that had been awarded to him by the Indian Government.
Wiktionary03
He decided to stage a durbar on the plains outside the city, at which the Afghans would be able to express their loyalty to their new ruler.
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