anticaliph en · NOUN
Etymology
From anti- + caliph.
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| anti-Caliph | alternative | lexicographic | |
| antikhalif | alternative, rare | lexicographic | |
| anti-caliph | alternative | lexicographic | |
| anticaliphs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Holonyms
Relateds
Translations (6)
ru антихали́ф (Another caliph) · fr less commonly antikhalife (Another caliph) · de Gegenkalif (Another caliph) · fr anticalife (Another caliph) · fi vastakalifi (Another caliph) · sv antikalif (Another caliph)