caliphate
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                    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