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.
- usage: "their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate"
- The territorial jurisdiction of a caliph.
- The office of a caliph. .
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