caliphate
noun
ca·liph·ate ˈkā-lə-ˌfāt 
-fət,
ˈka-
: the office of a caliph or the land he rules over
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The jihadist group is fighting to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime and establish a caliphate. 
Matt Seyler, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2022 The regime’s problem with the West is the West’s very existence, which obstructs its path to a global caliphate. Reza Pahlavi, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022 The most active al-Shabaab and Islamic State profiles are calling for violence and discord ahead of the election, and ultimately establishing an East African caliphate. Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 1 Aug. 2022 Under his helm, al Qaeda failed to carry out spectacular attacks and was eclipsed within the jihadist world by Islamic State, which set up its own territorial caliphate and whose rein of violence was even deadlier and more brutal than al Qaeda’s. Jared Malsin, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022 The raid followed the largest U.S. operation against ISIS in Syria since the demise of the caliphate, in 2019. Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2022 The final stage is to establish a state and stitch the other regions together into a caliphate. Robin Wrigh, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021 The prison attack in January drew the U.S. military back into the fight, and escalated into the most intense urban clashes with ISIS in the three years since the end of the caliphate. New York Times, 7 Feb. 2022 Then, the terrorists can claim their caliphate: a bone-white ethnostate, armed to the teeth, that is by, for, and about the master race. Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2022 See More
Matt Seyler, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2022 The regime’s problem with the West is the West’s very existence, which obstructs its path to a global caliphate. Reza Pahlavi, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022 The most active al-Shabaab and Islamic State profiles are calling for violence and discord ahead of the election, and ultimately establishing an East African caliphate. Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 1 Aug. 2022 Under his helm, al Qaeda failed to carry out spectacular attacks and was eclipsed within the jihadist world by Islamic State, which set up its own territorial caliphate and whose rein of violence was even deadlier and more brutal than al Qaeda’s. Jared Malsin, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022 The raid followed the largest U.S. operation against ISIS in Syria since the demise of the caliphate, in 2019. Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2022 The final stage is to establish a state and stitch the other regions together into a caliphate. Robin Wrigh, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021 The prison attack in January drew the U.S. military back into the fight, and escalated into the most intense urban clashes with ISIS in the three years since the end of the caliphate. New York Times, 7 Feb. 2022 Then, the terrorists can claim their caliphate: a bone-white ethnostate, armed to the teeth, that is by, for, and about the master race. Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
see caliph
First Known Use
1594, in the meaning defined above