Durbar

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Durbar \Dur"bar\, n. [Hind. darb[=a]r, fr. Per dar?[=a]r house,
     court, hall of audience; dar door, gate + b[=a]r court,
     assembly.]
     An audience hall; the court of a native prince; a state
     levee; a formal reception of native princes, given by the
     governor general of India. [India] [Written also {darbar}.]


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  durbar
       n : the room in the palace of a native prince of India in which
           audiences and receptions occur