"anticaliph" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: anticaliphs [plural]
Etymology: From anti- + caliph. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|anti-|caliph}} anti- + caliph Head templates: {{en-noun}} anticaliph (plural anticaliphs)
  1. Someone who has the pretence of forming a government featuring the real caliph, as opposed to another caliphate claiming to unite the Muslim world under a caliph. Synonyms: antikhalif [rare], anti-caliph, anti-Caliph Related terms: antipope Translations (Another caliph): vastakalifi (Finnish), anticalife [masculine] (French), less commonly antikhalife [masculine] (French), Gegenkalif [masculine] (German), антихали́ф (antixalíf) [masculine] (Russian), antikalif [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-anticaliph-en-noun-A0EtHR1A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with anti-

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