ca‧liph /ˈkeɪləf, ˈkeɪlɪf/
noun [countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: calife, from Arabic khalifah 'person who comes after'; because a caliph is regarded as a successor of Mohammed]
a Muslim ruler, especially in the past
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