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Webster 1913 Edition

Caliphate

Cal′i-phate

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

califat

.]

The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs.

Webster 1828 Edition

Caliphate

CALIPHATE

or KALIFATE,

Noun.

The office or dignity of a calif; or the government of a calif.

Definition 2024

caliphate

caliphate

English

Alternative forms

Noun

caliphate ‎(plural caliphates)

A unified Islamic government for the Muslim world, ruled by a caliph.

Related terms

Caliph; Caliphist, Caliphism

Translations

Islamic government

Arabic: خِلَافَة f ‎(ḵilāfa)
Armenian: խալիֆայություն (hy) ‎(xalifayutʿyun), խալիֆաթ (hy) ‎(xalifatʿ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 哈里發國, 哈里发国 ‎(hālǐfāguó)
Czech: kalifát, chalífát
Dutch: kalifaat (nl) n
Esperanto: kalifujo
Estonian: kalifaat
Finnish: kalifaatti (fi)
French: califat (fr) m
German: Kalifat (de) n
Hindi: ख़िलाफ़त f ‎(xilāfat)
Hungarian: kalifátus (hu)
Irish: cailifeacht f
Italian: califfato m
Japanese:

Korean:
Lithuanian: kalifatas m
Persian: خلافت (fa) ‎(xelâfet)
Polish: kalifat (pl) m
Portuguese: califado m
Russian: халифа́т (ru) m ‎(xalifát)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: калифа́т m, халифа́т m

Roman: kalifat (sh) m, halifat (sh) m
Spanish: califato (es) m
Swedish: kalifat (sv) n
Turkish: hilafet (tr), halifelik (tr)
Ukrainian: халіфа́т m ‎(xalifát)
Urdu: خلافت f ‎(xilāfat)
Vietnamese:

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