RhymeZone: caliphate definitions

Definitions of caliphate:

noun: the office of a caliph
noun: the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph
noun: the era of Islam's ascendaancy 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
Example: "Their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate"