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BNC: 49927 COCA: 28713

caliph

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
caliph noun
or calif /ˈkeɪləf/
plural caliphs or califs
caliph
noun
or calif /ˈkeɪləf/
plural caliphs or califs
Learner's definition of CALIPH
[count]
: an important Muslim political and religious leader哈里发(重要的穆斯林政治和宗教领袖)
BNC: 49927 COCA: 28713

caliph

noun

ca·​liph ˈkā-ləf How to pronounce caliph (audio)
ˈka-ləf
variants or less commonly calif
: a successor of Muhammad as temporal (see temporal entry 1 sense 1c) and spiritual head of Islam
used as a title
caliphal adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The country’s ruler, the Albanian commander Muhammad Ali, ended Mamluk rule, secured near independence from the Ottoman caliph, and embarked on modernizing the country in an attempt to catch up with the West. Ursula Lindsey, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2021 Fate follows a beggar king, his daughter, a dancer, and the caliph and grand vizier of Baghdad. Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021 Already in 2012, people were living as if Baghdadi was the caliph. Karl Vick, Time, 25 Feb. 2021 Hussain had been invited by the inhabitants of Kufa, which was a garrison town near Najaf, to come and lead them in a revolt against the Umayyad caliph in Damascus. Edith Szanto, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2020 Hussain had been invited by the inhabitants of Kufa, which was a garrison town near Najaf, to come and lead them in a revolt against the Umayyad caliph in Damascus. Edith Szanto, chicagotribune.com, 9 Sep. 2020 For example, Mutawakkil, a caliph of the Abbasid dynasty, which ruled over a vast Islamic empire from the eighth to the 13th century, feared that the rituals inflamed anti-regime fervor. Edith Szanto, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2020 For example, Mutawakkil, a caliph of the Abbasid dynasty, which ruled over a vast Islamic empire from the eighth to the 13th century, feared that the rituals inflamed anti-regime fervor. Edith Szanto, chicagotribune.com, 9 Sep. 2020 The meaning of the new nom de guerre was not lost on his future followers: Abu Bakr was the first caliph after the Prophet Muhammad’s death in ancient Arabia and is credited with the wave of Islamic expansion that followed. Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English caliphe, from Middle French calife, from Arabic khalīfa successor

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of caliph was in the 14th century
BNC: 49927 COCA: 28713

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