anticaliph

English

Alternative forms

• antikhalif (rare)
• anti-caliph, anti-Caliph

Etymology

From anti- +‎ caliph.

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 succeed of Muhammad under a caliph.

   Holonym: anticaliphate

   • 2019, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Arabs, Yale University Press, page 247:

     Already notorious for his harshness, it was he who had masterminded the defeat of the anti-caliph.

Translations

Another caliph

• Finnish: vastakalifi
• French: anticalife m, less commonly antikhalife m
• German: Gegenkalif m
• Russian: антихали́ф m (antixalíf)
• Swedish: antikalif c

See also

• antipope