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califate

califate is the alternative form of caliphate.

Meaning of caliphate

Noun

caliphate (plural caliphates)

  1. Monarchical government based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad, ruled by a caliph.

Forms of califate

pluralcalifates

Questions about califate

What is califate the alternative form of?
Califate is the alternative form of caliphate.

Words near califate in the dictionary

  1. calif
  2. Calif.
  3. Califano
  4. Califanos
  5. Califat
  6. califate
  7. califates
  8. Califf
  9. Califfs
  10. Califia
  11. califont

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Adapted from Wiktionary: califate (page history and authors); caliphate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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