calif
noun
a variant of caliph.
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- a variation of caliph.
calif
1 American
[kay-lif, kal-if]
/ ˈkeɪ lɪf, ˈkæl ɪf /
noun
Calif.
2
American
abbreviation
Calif.
1
British
abbreviation
calif
2
British
/ ˈkeɪlɪf, ˈkæl- /
noun
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The vicar of St. Peter and the heir of the calif have fallen thereby into identical impotency.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle by Kuno Francke
The fame of my skill reached the judges; I was found able to speak upon doubtful questions, and was commanded to stand at the footstool of the calif.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler by Samuel Johnson
According to general usage, final f is doubled after a single vowel, in almost all cases; as in bailiff, caitiff, plaintiff, midriff, sheriff, tariff, mastiff: yet not in calif, which is perhaps better written caliph.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
Mohammed applied to the calif to grant him certain privileges and powers which had occasionally been bestowed on other sultans who had rendered great services to the Mohammedan empire.
From Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series by Jacob Abbott
Salam, the traveler whom the calif sent to ascertain whether their accounts were true, traveled at the head of a caravan containing fifty men, and with camels bearing stores and provisions for a year.
From Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series by Jacob Abbott
“New Girl” star Jake Johnson is bidding farewell to his Pasadena, Calif., property for $3.3 million.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
A 31-year-old Honduran man landed on authorities’ radar after he disrupted immigration officers during a February protest in Camarillo, Calif., a misdemeanor citation to which he pleaded guilty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The Pasadena, Calif., company is focused on building a large-scale, fault-tolerant, error-corrected quantum computer it says will deliver on the commercial promises of quantum computing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
In May 2025, the couple moved out of their 2,200-square-foot house, complete with a basement and garage, in Sausalito, Calif., and into a 1,390-square-foot, two-bedroom apartment in a retirement community about 10 miles away.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
The next thing I can vaguely recall is living in Fort Bragg, Calif. My brother had been presented a B.B. gun.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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