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Caliphate

noun
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.
2.
The territorial jurisdiction of a caliph.
3.
The office of a caliph.



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... 696; seat of government, seat of authority; headquarters. [Acquisition of authority] accession; installation &c 755; politics &c 737.1. reign, regime, dynasty; directorship, dictatorship; protectorate, protectorship; caliphate, pashalic^, electorate; presidency, presidentship^; administration; proconsul, consulship; prefecture; seneschalship; magistrature^, magistracy. monarchy; kinghood^, kingship; royalty, regality; aristarchy^, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget


Words linked to "Caliphate" :   position, jurisdiction, epoch, spot, berth, situation, billet, place, post, era, Caliphate State, office


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