Crossword-Solution: CALIPH
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Caliph | n. | Successor or vicar; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans of Turkey. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with CALIPH (5)
Restored by order of the Caliph Omar, it was definitely destroyed in 761 or 762 by Caliph Al-Mansor, who wished to prevent the arrival of provisions to Mohammed-ben-Abdallah, who had revolted against him.
XII “Time was, for each one hath his doating time, These silver locks were golden tresses then, That country life I hated as a crime, And from the forest’s sweet contentment ran, And there became the mighty caliph’s man, and though I but a simple gardener were, Yet could I mark abuses, see and hear.
XCVI Designing there a fortilage, in front Of Egypt's caliph they the warrior found; And with a wall two miles in length, the mount Of Calvary intending to surround.
Much of the pleasure of the _Arabian Nights_ hinges upon this Asmodean interest; and we are not weary of lifting other people’s roofs, and going about behind the scenes of life with the Caliph and the serviceable Giaffar.
And he who treads the cobbled street To-day in the cold North may meet, Come month, come year, the dusky East, And share the Caliph's secret feast; Or in the toil of wind and sun Bear pilgrim-staff, forlorn, fordone, Till o'er the steppe, athwart the sand Gleam the far gates of Samarkand.
Quotes with CALIPH (3)
Caliph Vathek and his dark horde Are bound for Hell, you won’t be bored! Your faith in me will be restored — Unless this token you find untoward And my poor gift you have ignored.
Three Things Three things cannot be retrieved: The arrow once sped from the bow The word spoken in haste The missed opportunity.(Ali the Lion, Caliph of Islam, son-in-law of Mohammed the Prophet),
They say that Caliph Omar, when consulted about what had to be done with the library of Alexandria, answered as follows: 'If the books of this library contain matters opposed to the Koran, they are bad and must be burned. If they contain only the doctrine of the Koran, burn them anyway, for they are superfluous.' Our learned men have cited this reasoning as the height of absurdity. However, suppose Gregory the Great was there instead of Omar and the Gospel instead of the Kora…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, The Atlantic, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 44 times in crossword archives (1952–2022).