Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Caliphate has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
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
"their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate"
the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph
the office of a caliph
A unified Islamic government for the Muslim world, ruled by a caliph.