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caliphate (encz) | caliphate,kalifát n: Zdeněk Brož |
Caliphate (gcide) | Caliphate \Cal"i*phate\, n. [Cf. F. califat.]
The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the
caliphs.
[1913 Webster] |
caliphate (wn) | Caliphate
n 1: 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"
2: the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph
3: the office of a caliph |
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Caliphate (gcide) | Caliphate \Cal"i*phate\, n. [Cf. F. califat.]
The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the
caliphs.
[1913 Webster] |
caliphate state (wn) | Caliphate State
n 1: a Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with
ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany; seeks the
violent overthrow of the Turkish government and the
establishment of an Islamic nation modeled on Iran [syn:
Kaplan Group, {Association of Islamic Groups and
Communities}, Caliphate State] |
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