Khalif

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  khalif
       n : 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}, {khalifah}]