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caliphally

caliphally adverb: in the manner of a caliph.

Adverb

caliphally (comparative more caliphally, superlative most caliphally)

  1. In the manner of a caliph.
    • […] but as one reason for this was deliberate action on the part of his ḥājibs it may not be so curious an omission as all that — Hishām goes on to explain his search, both among members of the caliphally qualified Quraysh and among members of other tribes, for a suitable candidate to succeed him.1993, David Wasserstein, The caliphate in the West: an Islamic political institution in the Iberian peninsula
    • Although there is no caliphally granted title on these coins, this, too, constitutes an expression of independence, since a malik usually only issues coins (copper and silver) of a recognisably different type: not aniconic, as these are, but bearing the image of a horse and rider.2012, A.C.S. Peacock, The Seljuks of Anatolia: Court and Society in the Medieval Middle East

Forms of caliphally

comparativemore caliphally
superlativemost caliphally

Origin of caliphally

From caliphal + -ly.

Questions about caliphally

What does caliphally mean?
Caliphally means in the manner of a caliph.
What part of speech is caliphally?
Caliphally is an adverb.

Words near caliphally in the dictionary

  1. calipering
  2. calipers
  3. caliph
  4. Calipha
  5. caliphal
  6. caliphally
  7. Caliphas
  8. caliphate
  9. caliphates
  10. caliphatic
  11. caliphatism

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