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caliph

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"Muslim ruler"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈkeɪlɪf/Part of speech nounSorted achilpStarts with CEnds with H1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (CALIPH).

Definitions

  1. the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth

Word origin

From Middle English calife, caliphe, from Old French caliphe, from Medieval Latin calipha, from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”) and خَلِيف (ḵalīf, “successor”).

Used in a sentence

  • The Abbasid caliphs patronized art and science beside religious developments ushering in the Islamic Golden Age when their capital Baghdad began to flourish as a center of knowledge, culture and trade.

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