English noun: Caliphate |
1. | Caliphate (time) 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 |
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| Samples | Their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate.
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| Instance hypernym | epoch, era |
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2. | caliphate (location) the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph |
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| Broader (hypernym) | jurisdiction |
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3. | caliphate (act) the office of a caliph |
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| Broader (hypernym) | berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation, spot |
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