anticaliph
anticaliph noun: someone who has the pretence of forming a government featuring the real caliph, as opposed to another caliphate claiming to succeed of Muhammad under a caliph.
Noun
anticaliph (plural anticaliphs)
- Someone who has the pretence of forming a government featuring the real caliph, as opposed to another caliphate claiming to succeed of Muhammad under a caliph.
- Already notorious for his harshness, it was he who had masterminded the defeat of the anti-caliph.2019, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Arabs, Yale University Press, page 247
Forms of anticaliph
| plural | anticaliphs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | anti-caliph |
| alternative form | anti-Caliph |
| alternative form (rare) | antikhalif |
Origin of anticaliph
From anti- + caliph.
Questions about anticaliph
- What does anticaliph mean?
- Anticaliph means someone who has the pretence of forming a government featuring the real caliph, as opposed to another caliphate claiming to succeed of Muhammad under a caliph.
- What part of speech is anticaliph?
- Anticaliph is a noun.
- What is the plural of anticaliph?
- The plural of anticaliph is anticaliphs.
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