anticaliphate

English

Alternative forms

  • antikhalifate (rare)
  • anti-caliphate, anti-Caliphate

Etymology 1

anticaliph + -ate, or anti- + caliphate.

Noun

anticaliphate (plural anticaliphates)

  1. A government having the pretence of featuring the real caliph, as opposed to another caliphate claiming to unite the Muslim world under a caliph.
Translations

Etymology 2

anti- + caliphate.

Adjective

anticaliphate (comparative more anticaliphate, superlative most anticaliphate)

  1. Belonging to the political stance of repudiating the idea of caliphate to rule.
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