English Explanatory Dictionary

anticaliphate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A government having the pretence of featuring the real caliph, as opposed to another caliphate claiming to succeed to the Islamic State of Muhammad under a caliph.
adj
  1. Belonging to the political stance of repudiating the idea of caliphate to rule.

Word forms

anticaliphate anticaliphates antikhalifate anti-caliphate more anticaliphate most anticaliphate

Etymology

From anticaliph + -ate, or anti- + caliphate.

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