Caliph

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A leader of an Islamic polity, regarded as a successor of Muhammad and by tradition always male.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The political leader of the Muslim world, successor of Muhammad's political authority, not religious or spiritual.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Successor or vicar; the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, used formerly by the sultans of Turkey.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See calif, califate.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Muslim    swayer    Moslem    ruler   
    Variant
    calif    kaliph    kalif    khalif   
    Hyponym
    Ali   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Pharaoh    pashas    tetrarch    dynasty   
     
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