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caliph
(encz) | caliph,kalif Zdeněk Brož |
caliph
(encz) | caliph,středověký panovník v muslimských zemích Jiří Šmoldas |
caliph
(encz) | caliph,titul tureckého sultána Jiří Šmoldas |
Caliph
(gcide) | Caliph \Ca"liph\ (k[=a]"l[i^]f), n. [OE. caliphe, califfe, F.
calife (cf. Sp. califa), fr. Ar. khal[imac]fan successor, fr.
khalafa to succed (i. e. a successor of Mohammed).]
Successor or vicar; the civil and religious leader of a
Muslim state; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both
as temporal and spiritual rulers, used formerly by the
sultans of Turkey. [Written also calif, kaliph, kalif,
khalif.]
[1913 Webster] |
caliph
(wn) | caliph
n 1: the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered
to be a representative of Allah on earth; "many radical
Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and
people and subjugate the rest of the world" [syn: caliph,
calif, kaliph, kalif, khalif, khalifah] |
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caliphate
(encz) | caliphate,kalifát n: Zdeněk Brož |
caliphs
(encz) | caliphs,kalifové Jiří Šmoldas |
Caliph
(gcide) | Caliph \Ca"liph\ (k[=a]"l[i^]f), n. [OE. caliphe, califfe, F.
calife (cf. Sp. califa), fr. Ar. khal[imac]fan successor, fr.
khalafa to succed (i. e. a successor of Mohammed).]
Successor or vicar; the civil and religious leader of a
Muslim state; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both
as temporal and spiritual rulers, used formerly by the
sultans of Turkey. [Written also calif, kaliph, kalif,
khalif.]
[1913 Webster] |
Caliphate
(gcide) | Caliphate \Cal"i*phate\, n. [Cf. F. califat.]
The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the
caliphs.
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caliphate
(wn) | Caliphate
n 1: the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed
until the 13th century; some Moslems still maintain that
the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the
community; "their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate"
2: the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph
3: the office of a caliph |
caliphate state
(wn) | Caliphate State
n 1: a Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with
ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany; seeks the
violent overthrow of the Turkish government and the
establishment of an Islamic nation modeled on Iran [syn:
Kaplan Group, {Association of Islamic Groups and
Communities}, Caliphate State] |
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