Definition of "khalifa" [khalifa]

• Same as calif. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The Holy Qur'an tells us that every human being is a "khalifa" - God's viceroy on Earth."
• "The word khilafat means succession, and the khalifa is a successor to a prophet of God, whose goal is to complete the tasks of reformation and moral training that the prophet instituted."
• "He may have been a bad boy but brilliant nonetheless. khalifa, doha, Qatar"