caliphate meaning and definition

CALIPHATE noun

Definition of Caliphate (noun)

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