caliphate
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9.5
- noun
- /ˈkælɪfeɪt/
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califato
- These lands now belong to the caliphate.
- Islamic caliphate
- reestablish the caliphate
- abolished the caliphate
Within five months, the caliphate of ISIS was gone.
- Within five months, the caliphate of ISIS was gone.
- But to what extent do they reject the caliphate as such?
- Is the Caliphate, the Arab empire of Islam.
- And the long term, the long term plan is to have this Islamic caliphate ruled by Sharia law.
- They have a goal to reestablish the Islamic caliphate.
- Nevertheless, states start to split off from the caliphate.
- They have a goal to re establish the Islamic caliphate.
- Well, essentially they want a global Islamic caliphate.
- So as a result of that kind of major defeat of kind of Islamic Islamic caliphate, there were two movements that rose.
- I don't know what a caliphate, A Islamic homeland that stretches beyond Iran, Right.
- They claim it Britain, parts of Britain become apartheid States and they want their own little mini caliphate.
Examples
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Affairs of the caliphate will not be run without consulting you.
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Their leader announces the beginning of a new caliphate in the Middle East.
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What future do you see for the caliphate, brother?
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You know, they plan to seize the caliphate from you.
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The caliphate should be ours.
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Islamic extremists are calling for a global caliphate, and Europe is first on the list.
Blog text (14) -
As a slogan, the caliphate has great symbolic and political significance.
Academic text (1996) -
The Ottoman Empire had been the home of the caliphate, and by 1924 both were gone.
Academic text (2002) -
Islamism reverts to medieval norms in its aspiration to create a caliphate that rules humanity.
Academic text (2013) -
Their leader announces the beginning of a new caliphate in the Middle East.
Synonyms
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7.3
Country or region ruled by a single leader in some Muslim countries
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8.6
A country or region where a sheik rules
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7.0
A country ruled by a sultan
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9.3
A country or area with a Muslim leader called a sheikh
Compounds
- NSFW
A Turkish terrorist group linked to al-Qaeda, active in Germany that tries to use attacks to overthrow the Turkish government
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Etymology
Caliphate comes from caliph, which comes from the Arabic khalīfah meaning 'successor' or 'representative'. That's why a caliphate is the government or territory ruled by that 'successor', explaining its modern sense as a state led by a caliph.