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khalifate

khalifate is the alternative spelling 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 khalifate

pluralkhalifates

Questions about khalifate

What is khalifate the alternative spelling of?
Khalifate is the alternative spelling of caliphate.

Words near khalifate in the dictionary

  1. khalifah
  2. khalifahs
  3. khalifas
  4. khalifat
  5. Khalifatabad
  6. khalifate
  7. khalifates
  8. khalifats
  9. khaliff
  10. khaliffs
  11. khalifs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: khalifate (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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