caliph
Example Sentences
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The late Abbasid caliphs militarized their economy in an effort to wrest control from the dominant merchants.
He never asserted a hereditary claim to the grand title of caliph.
From New York Times
As though inspired by “1984,” a caliph tells the Iraqis whom his men have kidnapped, “We came to liberate you.”
From Washington Post
The museum’s first exhibition since reopening in October after a major overhaul, “Baghdad: Eye’s Delight” charts the city’s heritage from the Abbasid caliphs from the seventh to twelfth centuries to today.
From New York Times
Some rival cut the caliph’s throat while he sat reading, and now “his blood flecks a page like the shadow of a moth.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
