(n) the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth, Syn.khalifah, calif, kaliph, kalif, khalif, Example: many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world
(n) the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century; some Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community, Example: their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate
n. [ OE. caliphe, califfe, F. calife (cf. Sp. califa), fr. Ar. khalīfan successor, fr. khalafa to succed (i. e. a successor of Mohammed). ] 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
