Caliph
/ˈkeɪlɪf/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of caliph. alt-of
- 3 the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth wordnet
Example
More examples"Zulfiqar was the famous sword of Hazret-i Ali, fourth caliph of Islam."
Etymology
From Middle English calife, caliphe, from Old French caliphe, from Medieval Latin calipha, from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”) and خَلِيف (ḵalīf, “successor”).