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Definition of: caliph
(kā′lif, kal′if) noun
The spiritual and civil head of a Moslem state: title taken by the sultans of Turkey, abolished in 1924: also spelled calif, kalif, khalif. [<F caliphe. <Arabic khalīfah successor (to Mohammed)]
—cal·i·phate (kal′ə·fāt, -fit) noun
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