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Topic: OFFICIALS

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: calife, from Arabic khalifah 'person who comes after'; because a caliph is regarded as a successor of Mohammed

caliph

 noun
     
ca‧liph [countable]
PGO a Muslim ruler, especially in the past
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