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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ka·lif n. See Caliph.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ca·liph n.  Successor or vicar; the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, used formerly by the sultans of Turkey. [Written also calif, kaliph, kalif, khalif.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 kalif
      n : the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered
          to be a representative of Allah on earth; "many radical
          Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands
          and people and subjugate the rest of the world" [syn: caliph,
           calif, kaliph, khalif, khalifah]