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caliph noun[ C ] uk /ˈkeɪ.lɪf/ us /ˈkeɪ.lɪf/ a Muslim ruler哈里发(穆斯林国家的统治者) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Religious leaders & officials anti-papal apostolic archbishop archbishopric archdeacon confessor curacy curate deacon minister ministry muezzin mullah non-clerical priestly primate rabbi rabbinical the Dalai Lama the priesthood
Beneath one of these domes the caliph was entertained with excellent sherbet, with sweetbreads stewed in milk of almonds, and other delicacies of which he was amazingly fond. These, possibly the remnants of a quay, were all that remained of the times before the advent of the caliphs. This same caliph again gathered together a host and fell upon our people. We can easily conceive the alarm of the caliph. When the caliph arrived near the town he waited three days and they gave him food and barley.
caliph | American Dictionary caliph noun[ C ] us/ˈkeɪ·ləf, ˈkæl-/ world history a political and religious leader of Islam in the period following the death of Muhammad |