'Caliphate' definitions:
Definition of 'Caliphate'
(from WordNet)
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"
noun
The territorial jurisdiction of a caliph
noun
The office of a caliph
Definition of 'Caliphate'
From: GCIDE
- Caliphate \Cal"i*phate\, n. [Cf. F. califat.] The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs. [1913 Webster]