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Meaning of caliphian | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the caliph, a Muslim political leader.
    not-comparable
  2. Alternative letter-case form of caliphian.
    alt-of, not-comparable

Examples

“...the cruelty of the passions and the superlative cruelty informing the whole social system. For example, we should not dream of dwelling on the more serious functions of the caliphian eunuchs.”
“Nevertheless it was the Mu'tazilite "learned men" who first began to take interest in the foreign learning that was brought to their notice through the encouragement given by the caliphian court to physical and astronomical studies.”
“They find illegal, the dissociation of the Caliphate and Sultanate, in short, the transfer of the Caliphian powers to a body of persons.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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