Caliphate
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Caliphate \Cal"i*phate\, n. [Cf. F. califat.]
The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the
caliphs.
[1913 Webster]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
Caliphate
n 1: the era of Islam's ascendaancy from the death of Mohammed
until the 13th century; some Moslems still maintain that
the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the
community; "their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate"
2: the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph
3: the office of a caliph
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