court; imperial household; dynasty

court (of king or emperor)

palace courtyard

the Papacy; the Vatican; the Holy See

Quentin (name)

place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc

chief judicial officer in imperial China

Thimphu, capital of Bhutan

court examination, the top grade imperial exam

the Qing court (as government of China)

Wu Tingfang (1842-1922), diplomat and lawyer

Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史[Ming2 shi3] and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典[Kang1 xi1 Zi4 dian3]

Sistine (Chapel); also written 西斯汀

Frank Chang-ting Hsieh (1946-), Taiwanese DPP politician, mayor of Kaohsiung 1998-2005

Lu Rongting (1858-1928), provincial governor of Guangxi under the Qing, subsequently leader of old Guangxi warlord faction

Borodin (name); Alexander Porfirevich Borodin (1833-1887), Russian chemist and composer

Timbuktoo (town and historical cultural center in Mali, a World Heritage site)

an ambassador of the church; an Apostolic Nuncio (from the Vatican)

the Church (as Royal Court); the Holy See; the Vatican

Huntington's disease