DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
caliphate
/'kælə,feɪt/ · kæləfeɪt
Caliphate has 3 syllables: ca · li · phate.
ca
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li
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phate
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noun. 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.
noun. The office of a caliph.
noun. The territorial jurisdiction of a caliph.
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