Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Hatti-sherif
Hat′ti-sher′if (hăt′tĭ·shĕr′ĭf or hät′tē·shā·rēf′), n. [Turk., fr. Ar. khatt a writing + sherīf noble.] A irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Hat′ti-sher′if (hăt′tĭ·shĕr′ĭf or hät′tē·shā·rēf′), n. [Turk., fr. Ar. khatt a writing + sherīf noble.] A irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan.