caliphate Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. 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
   
   • their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate
2. noun the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph
   
3. noun the office of a caliph
   

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