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Caliphate

ca·lip·hate

UK/ˈkælɪfeɪt/ US/ˈkeɪlɪfeɪt/ uncommon

noun

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.
3.

the office of a caliph

Origin

From Medieval Latin calīphātus, equivalent to caliph + -ate.

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