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caliphate

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ca·li·phate /ˈkeɪləfeɪt/ noun [countable]  PGthe country a caliph rules, or the period of time when they rule it 哈里发统治的国家[时期]
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caliphateBy 750 the time had come for the caliphate itself to be transformed and for the Umayyad regime to be dislodged.The issue on which these tensions mainly centred was the succession to the caliphate.The way was now clear for the emergence of the Umayyad caliphate, with Damascus as its capital.
ca·li·phate nounChineseSyllable
time the the of a period Corpus rules, country or caliph


caliphate
caliphate /ˈkeɪləfeɪt, ˈkeɪlɪfeɪt/ noun [countable]
the country a caliph rules, or the period of time when they rule it


ca·liph·ateBrE /ˈkælɪfeɪt/ 🔊, /ˈkeɪlɪfeɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkeɪlɪfeɪt/ 🔊 nounthe position of a caliph 哈里发的职位an area of land that is ruled over by a caliph 哈里发的辖地