caliphate

英 ['kælɪfeɪt] 美 ['keɪlɪfeɪt]

• n. 哈里发的职位（辖区等）

英英释义

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