emperor's court
Sovereign's inner circle
The emperor's court is the formal assembly of officials, advisors, nobles, and attendants surrounding an emperor.
It functions as both a political institution and a physical space where imperial business is conducted.
Court intrigue, court favorites, and court protocol all reference this world of power, ceremony, and competition for royal attention: He spent years maneuvering through the emperor's court.
- chancellorSenior administrative official
- grand vizierSupreme minister of state
- palaceMonarch's official residence
- vizierMuslim government's chief minister
- processionFormal moving line
guard · noble titles · divine right · power struggle · crown · throne room · kowtow · etiquette · gold · chamberlain · eunuch · sovereignty · robe · coronation · decree · herald · feudalism · pageantry
emperor's courtcommon folk
Ordinary members of society
peasantry · commoners · the masses · serfs · underclass
emperor's courtparliament
National legislative assembly
republic · town meeting · commune · grassroots movement · popular uprising
emperor's courtrustic village
Simple rural settlement
countryside · frontier outpost · wilderness · barnyard · the sticks
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