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ca·liph·ate

(kā′lĭ-fāt′, -fĭt, kăl′ĭ-)

The office or jurisdiction of a caliph. The last caliphate was held by Ottoman Turkish sultans until it was abolished by Kemal Atatürk in 1924.

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caliphate

(ˈkeɪlɪˌfeɪt; -fɪt; ˈkæl-) ,

califate

kalifate

(Islam) the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph

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cal•iph•ate

(ˈkæl əˌfeɪt, -fɪt, ˈkeɪ lə-)

n.

the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.

[1725–35]

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Noun	1.	Caliphate - 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.	caliphate - the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph jurisdiction - in law; the territory within which power can be exercised
	3.	caliphate - the office of a caliph berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"

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caliphate

[ˈkeɪlɪfeɪt] N → califato m

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