caliphally
caliphally adverb: in the manner of a caliph.
Adverb
caliphally (comparative more caliphally, superlative most caliphally)
- 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
| comparative | more caliphally |
|---|---|
| superlative | most 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
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: caliphally (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “caliphally.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/caliphally. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
