Definition of "califate" []

• Alternative form of caliphate. (noun)

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• "They seek to establish a radical Islamic califate so they can impose a brutal, new order on unwilling people."
• "When they start putting ads saying Muslims against al Qaeda, Muslims against Islamism, Muslims against the califate and the transnational movement, then I'll start to believe them."
• "BECK: So, how do you know, Zuhdi -- as a-- I mean, I don't hate Muslims by any stretch of the imagination and I know it's maybe 10 percent of the Islamic world, but that's an army of 100 million that are -- that want this califate."