caliphism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The political ideology which favors the re-establishment of a caliphate, a unified Islamic government of the Muslim world.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "As that campaign seeks to do, fighting ISIS means delegitimizing Caliphism at home and abroad."