Hypertext Webster Gateway: "caliph"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Caliph \Ca"liph\, n. [OE. caliphe, califfe, F. calife (cf. Sp.
califa), fr. Ar. khal[=i]fan successor, fr. khalafa to
succed.]
Successor or vicar; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed
both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the
sultans of Turkey. [Written also {calif}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
caliph
n : the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state; a
successor of Muhammad [syn: {calif}, {kaliph}, {kalif}, {khalif}]
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