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caliphate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'caliphate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Caliphate [ n.]
- The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs.

Meaning of 'caliphate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . caliphate [ n]
Meaning (1):
- 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
Example in sentence:
  • their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate

Nearby Words:

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