English

Adjective

caliphal ‎(not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a caliph.
   • 2006, John N. Paden, Muslim Civic Cultures and Conflict Resolution (page 128)

     In essence, he moved the symbolism of the sultanship from an emirate or caliphal base to a national base. Various Muslim circles and conferences outside Nigeria came to regard him as the chief spokesman for Nigerian Muslims.