Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The office, dignity, or government of the khedive; the dominions of the khedive.

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Examples

  • Nationalist rage still bubbled beneath the restored khediviate.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • The British and French consuls offered Ismail a large payoff and assured him that his debts would pass to Tawfik along with the khediviate.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • The sheikhs emphasized the rights of the sultan to the caliphate, and Tawfik to the khediviate.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Nationalist rage still bubbled beneath the restored khediviate.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • The British and French consuls offered Ismail a large payoff and assured him that his debts would pass to Tawfik along with the khediviate.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • The sheikhs emphasized the rights of the sultan to the caliphate, and Tawfik to the khediviate.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • The British and French consuls offered Ismail a large payoff and assured him that his debts would pass to Tawfik along with the khediviate.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Nationalist rage still bubbled beneath the restored khediviate.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • The sheikhs emphasized the rights of the sultan to the caliphate, and Tawfik to the khediviate.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

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