Caliphates

What does CALIPHATES mean?

Caliphates is a form of CALIPHATE.

1. noun

   the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century; some Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community

   “their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate”

2. noun

   the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph

3. noun

   the office of a caliph

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.