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caliphian en · ADJ

Etymology

From caliph + -ian.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the caliph, a Muslim political leader.
   • Nevertheless it was the Mu'tazilite "learned men" who first began to take interest in the foreign learning that was brought to their notice through the encouragement given by the caliphian court to physical and astronomical studies. 1954, Johannes Hendrik Kramers, Analecta Orientalia: Posthumous Writings and Selected Minor Works, page 126:
   • ...the cruelty of the passions and the superlative cruelty informing the whole social system. For example, we should not dream of dwelling on the more serious functions of the caliphian eunuchs. 1913, Arnold Bennett, Paris Nights, and Other Impressions of Places and People, page 76:

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Synonyms

caliphal