caliphally

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adverb

In the manner of a caliph.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adverbcaliphally (comparative more caliphally, superlative most caliphally)

comparative more caliphally · superlative most caliphally

  1. In the manner of a caliph.

    Although there is no caliphally granted title on these coins, this, too, constitutes an expression of independence, since a malik usually only issues coins (copper and silver) of a recognisably different type: not aniconic, as these are, but bearing the image of a horse and rider.

    2012, A.C.S. Peacock, The Seljuks of Anatolia: Court and Society in the Medieval Middle East
    1 more example

    […] but as one reason for this was deliberate action on the part of his ḥājibs it may not be so curious an omission as all that — Hishām goes on to explain his search, both among members of the caliphally qualified Quraysh and among members of other tribes, for a suitable candidate to succeed him.

    1993, David Wasserstein, The caliphate in the West: an Islamic political institution in the Iberian peninsula

Origin

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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