Xeriff

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of ashrafi. alt-of, obsolete

    "The Turkish Sultani, or Egyptian Xeriff, being a Gold Coin, with which the Barbary and Venetian Chequeens and Marienberg Ducat, very near agree to 53 1/2 Grains."

  2. 2
    Obsolete form of sharif. alt-of, obsolete

    "The emperors or kings of Morocco are the successors of those sovereigns of that country who are called xeriffs, and whose powers resembled that of the caliphate of the Saracens."

Example

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"The Turkish Sultani, or Egyptian Xeriff, being a Gold Coin, with which the Barbary and Venetian Chequeens and Marienberg Ducat, very near agree to 53 1/2 Grains."

Etymology

From Arabic شَرِيفِيّ (šarīfiyy).

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gold coin

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