n. A council, especially a council of state; specifically, in Turkey, the chief or privy council of the Porte, presided over by the grand vizir and made up of the ministers and heads of departments. It meets twice a week.n. A council-chamber; a hall; a court; a state- or reception-room in palaces and the houses of richer citizens.n. A kind of coffee-house where smoking tobacco is the principal enjoyment.n. A cushioned seat standing against the wall of a room; a kind of sofa: a sense derived by transfer from that of ‘council-chamber’ or ‘hall’ (def. 2) as furnished with low sofas, covered with rich carpets, and provided with many cushions.n. A book, especially a collection of poems by a single author: as, the divan of Sadi.n. [Used with reference to the Turks, Arabs, Persians, and other Orientals; in sense 4 also (in the form divan only) used in a general application.]