Calif \Ca"lif\, n., Califate \Cal"i*fate\, n., etc.
Same as Caliph, Caliphate, etc.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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