calif

¹ American  

[key-lif, kal-if] / ˈkeɪ lɪf, ˈkæl ɪf /

noun

1. a variant of caliph.

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Calif. ² American  

abbreviation

1. California.

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Calif. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. California

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calif ² British  

/ ˈkæl-, ˈkeɪlɪf /

noun

1. a variant spelling of caliph

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Example Sentences

True, under the Egyptian califs its prosperity revived somewhat; for, under them, it remained the chief commercial center between the east and the west.

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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.

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Surely there could be nothing real like it since the days of the califs of Bagdad!

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Twenty scholars in seven years might retrieve the worst losses we experience from the bigotry of popes and califs.

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And King Marsil bids me say, thou shalt not blame him that his uncle the calif comes not too, for he is dead.

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