| caliph | (n) ผู้นำทางศาสนาของประเทศมุสลิม |
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| caliph | (n) the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth, Syn. khalifah, calif, kaliph, kalif, khalif, Example: many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world |
| caliphate | (n) the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century; some Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community, Example: their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate |
| caliphate | (n) the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph |
| caliphate | (n) the office of a caliph |
| Caliph | n. [ OE. caliphe, califfe, F. calife (cf. Sp. califa), fr. Ar. khalīfan successor, fr. khalafa to succed (i. e. a successor of Mohammed). ] Successor or vicar; the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, used formerly by the sultans of Turkey. |
| Caliphate | n. [ Cf. F. califat. ] The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs. [ 1913 Webster ] |
