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Technical Glossary

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Valide 

Turkish for mother. In the Ottoman period it referred to the mother of the Sultan, who became a very important persona in the later periods of the Ottoman court.  

 
Vizier 

Minister. 

 
Voussoir 

Stones shaped like wedges used in the construction of arches.