noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Someone who has the pretence of forming a government featuring the real caliph, as opposed to another caliphate claiming to succeed of Muhammad under a caliph.

   "Already notorious for his harshness, it was he who had masterminded the defeat of the anti-caliph."

Example

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"Already notorious for his harshness, it was he who had masterminded the defeat of the anti-caliph."

Etymology

From anti- + caliph.

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