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caliphs

caliphs is the plural of caliph.

Meaning of caliph

Noun

caliph (plural caliphs)

  1. The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.
    • The Abbasid caliphs patronized art and science beside religious developments ushering in the Islamic Golden Age when their capital Baghdad began to flourish as a center of knowledge, culture and trade.

Noun capitalized: Caliphs

Caliphs

  1. (plural) plural of Caliph

Questions about caliphs

What is caliphs the plural of?
Caliphs is the plural of caliph.
What part of speech is caliphs?
Caliphs is a noun.

Words near caliphs in the dictionary

  1. caliphian
  2. Caliphism
  3. Caliphist
  4. Caliphists
  5. caliphization
  6. caliphs
  7. caliphship
  8. caliphyllid
  9. caliphyllids
  10. Calippic
  11. calipygian

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