anticaliph

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noun

Someone who has the pretence of forming a government featuring the real caliph, as opposed to another caliphate claiming to succeed of Muhammad under a caliph.

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Meanings

nounanticaliph (plural anticaliphs)

plural anticaliphs · alternative rare antikhalif · alternative anti-caliph · alternative anti-Caliph

  1. Someone who has the pretence of forming a government featuring the real caliph, as opposed to another caliphate claiming to succeed of Muhammad under a caliph.

    Already notorious for his harshness, it was he who had masterminded the defeat of the anti-caliph.

    2019, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Arabs, Yale University Press, page 247

Origin

From anti- + caliph.

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Translations

Finnish vastakalifi
  • vastakalifiAnother caliph
French anticalife, less commonly antikhalife
  • anticalifeAnother caliph
  • less commonly antikhalifeAnother caliph
German Gegenkalif
  • GegenkalifAnother caliph
Russian антихали́ф
  • антихали́ф (antixalíf)Another caliph
Swedish antikalif
  • antikalifAnother caliph
Cite this entry
APA

anticaliph. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticaliph

MLA

“anticaliph.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticaliph. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticaliph,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticaliph.

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