calif
noun
a variant of caliph.
calif
1 American
[key-lif, kal-if]
/ ˈkeɪ lɪf, ˈkæl ɪf /
noun
Calif.
2
American
abbreviation
Calif.
1
British
abbreviation
calif
2
British
/ ˈkæl-, ˈkeɪlɪf /
noun
Example Sentences
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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 Abbott, Jacob
At an audience which the calif Moktadir gave to a Byzantine ambassador, there appeared 4,000 white and 3,000 black eunuchs.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm
The barber obsequiously rubbed his wet hair and bound it in a towel as in a turban, so that Babbitt resembled a plump pink calif on an ingenious and adjustable throne.
From Babbitt by Lewis, Sinclair
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 Francke, Kuno
To accomplish this purpose the calif resorted to a very singular device.
From Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series by Abbott, Jacob
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