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caleef

caleef is the obsolete form of caliph.

Meaning of caliph

Noun

caliph (plural caliphs)

  1. The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.
    • The Abbasid caliphs patronized art and science beside religious developments ushering in the Islamic Golden Age when their capital Baghdad began to flourish as a center of knowledge, culture and trade.

Forms of caleef

pluralcaleefs

Questions about caleef

What is caleef the obsolete form of?
Caleef is the obsolete form of caliph.

Words near caleef in the dictionary

  1. Caledonian
  2. Caledonian Canal
  3. Caledonians
  4. caledonite
  5. caledonites
  6. caleef
  7. caleefs
  8. caleeoon
  9. caleeoons
  10. calefacient
  11. calefacients

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