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Caliph

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Caliph
Caliph Ca"liph (k[=a]"l[i^]f), n. [OE. caliphe, califfe, F. calife (cf. Sp. califa), fr. Ar. khal[=i]fan successor, fr. khalafa to succed (i. e. a successor of Mohammed).] 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. [Written also {calif}, {kaliph}, {kalif}, {khalif}.] [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

  
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