calif

3 definitions found

calif - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Caliph \Ca"liph\ (k[=a]"l[i^]f), n. [OE. caliphe, califfe, F.
     calife (cf. Sp. califa), fr. Ar. khal[imac]fan 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. [Written also calif, kaliph, kalif,
     khalif.]
     [1913 Webster]

  Calif \Ca"lif\, n., Califate \Cal"i*fate\, n., etc.
     Same as Caliph, Caliphate, etc.
     [1913 Webster]

calif - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  calif
      n 1: the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered
           to be a representative of Allah on earth; "many radical
           Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and
           people and subjugate the rest of the world" [syn: caliph,
           calif, kaliph, kalif, khalif, khalifah]