Dictionary Check: caliphate
"caliphate" is a valid word!
Scrabble
16
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Words with Friends
18
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Definition
noun
the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century; some Muslims still maintain that the Muslim world must always have a calif as head of the community
Example:
"their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate"
noun
the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph
noun
the office of a caliph
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