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Caliphate vs Aristocracy - What's the difference?

caliphate | aristocracy |

As nouns the difference between caliphate and aristocracy

is that caliphate is a unified federal islamic government for the muslim world, ruled by an elected head of state or caliph while aristocracy is the nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.

caliphate

English

Alternative forms

* khalifate

Noun

(en noun)
  • A unified federal Islamic government for the Muslim world, ruled by an elected head of state or caliph.

    • Related terms

    * Caliph; Caliphist, Caliphism

    Anagrams

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    aristocracy

    English

    (wikipedia aristocracy)

    Noun

    (aristocracies)
  • The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class
  • Government by such a class, or a state with such a government
  • A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others

    • Derived terms

    * bunyip aristocracy

    Related terms

    () * aristocrat * aristocratic

    External links

    * * English words suffixed with -cracy