Caliphate — definition

1. caliphate (Noun)

caliphate (Noun) — The era of Islam's ascendancy 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. ex. "their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate"

caliphate (Noun) — The territorial jurisdiction of a caliph.

caliphate (Noun) — The office of a caliph.

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