What is one of the Greeks of Constantinople who after the Turkish conquest became powerful in clerical and other offices under Turkish patronage called?
phanariote — One of the Greeks of Constantinople who after the Turkish conquest became powerful in clerical and other offices under Turkish patronage. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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