CALIPHATE
Scrabble letter values: C3A1L1I1P3H4A1T1E1 = 16
Definition
- noun the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century.
- noun the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph.
- noun the office of a caliph.
Examples
- “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”