- 1哈里發國、哈里發政權（也可指哈里發統治的那個時代）
A caliphate is two related things, and English uses one word for both. It is the country — or the wide stretch of land — that a rules. It is also the period when were in charge, the way we talk about an age as well as a place. Though actually, a caliphate was not always a tidy nation with one border on a school map. Early on it was more like a huge community under one leader, across many peoples; later there were several caliphates, at different times and in different cities. In history you will see names like “the Abbasid Caliphate,” meaning both that state and that era. In the news, if a group “declares a caliphate,” they are claiming that old mix of religious and political rule, not just picking a new country name. The word stays formal and historical.
From the word’s history
From Medieval Latin calīphātus; caliph + -ate 'office'.
源自中世紀拉丁文，caliph（哈里發）加 -ate（職位）。
組成From Medieval Latin calīphātus: caliph + -ate, a suffix that can mark an office, a rank, or the land that goes with it (compare sultanate).
同家族的字
- caliphthe ruler; caliphate is this word plus -ate
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
caliphatenoun/ˈkælɪfeɪt/
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Monarchical government based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad, ruled by a caliph.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。