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Caliphism
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English
Etymology
From en caliph ism.
Noun
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The political ideology which favors the re-establishment of a caliphate, a unified Islamic government of the Muslim world.
en The Edinburgh Review It is evident from history, that this apprent concentration of the insignia of Caliphism round the Ottoman throne, had not been before wanted for the firm establishment of the Sultan; also, that it since has in no wise added the slightest circumstance of sacredness to his right or person. https://books.google.com/books?id=XlS9frKfHcgC&dq=%22Caliphism%22&pg=PA472#v=onepage&q=%22Caliphism%22&f=false January 1830 Travels to and from Constantinople, in the years 1827 and 1828 Charles Macfarlane
en Islam inflamed: a Middle East picture 313 Jan Morris 1957 Of all the emotions, impatience is perhaps the easiest to manipulate; and there are all too many people in Iraq to drop a suggestion, here and there, of embezzlement, to hint that the ruling conservatives are following the old, rapacious road of the pashas, and that the time is near for a convulsion to remove all vestiges of caliphism and feudalism from the society of Iraq.
en More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First Steve Hilton 2016 As that campaign seeks to do, fighting ISIS means delegitimizing Caliphism at home and abroad. https://books.google.com/books?id=QALdCgAAQBAJ&lpg=PT184&dq=%22Caliphism%22&pg=PT184#v=onepage&q=%22Caliphism%22&f=false
Translations
political ideology
Arabic: ar خَلِيفِيَّة f
Finnish: fi kalifaatin kannattaminen
Russian: ru