单词 | caliphate |
释义 | caliphaten. 1. a. The rank, dignity, or office of caliph. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > caliph > position of papacy1613 caliphship1677 caliphate1753 khalifat1844 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. The Caliphate comprehended the power both of the royalty, and priesthood. 1817 M. Keating Trav. I. 314 The grand signior is considered as the head of that religion since the extinction of the caliphat. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. v. i. 519 The califate. b. The reign or term of office of a caliph. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > caliph > period of reign of caliphate1734 1734 G. Sale Preliminary Disc. iii. 56 in tr. Koran Moseilama..had a great party, and was not reduced till the Khalîfat of Abu Becr. 1859 T. B. Macaulay William Pitt in Misc. (1860) II. 359 His short and unreal caliphate. 1869 J. D. Baldwin Pre-hist. Nations vi. 232 In the year 637, during the califate of Omar. 2. The dominion of a caliph. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of others thanage14.. thanedomc1425 satrapy1569 chiefery1587 caliphate1614 sultany1639 sagamoreship1670 rajaship1698 ladyship1709 satrapate1717 march1726 sachemdom1764 Nizamat1765 khanate1799 jarldom1820 sultanate1822 knightship1845 sheikhdom1845 sachemship1876 sheikh-ship1878 shahdom1884 chiefship1894 thakurate1901 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 93 Whil'st the Chaliphat remained vndeuided. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. i. vi. 140 The Empire even in the East was not a Caliphate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1614 |
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