caliph

Definition of Caliph in English :

the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth

Example Sentences:
'many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Caliph

noun

Islam

the title of the successors of Mohammed as rulers of the Islamic world, later assumed by the Sultans of Turkey

noun

supreme ruler: the title taken by Mohammed's successors as secular and religious heads of Islam

n.

A leader of an Islamic polity, regarded as a successor of Muhammad and by tradition always male.