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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.