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‖ khalifa|kəˈliːfə|
[Variant of caliph, representing more closely the Arab. khalīfah.]
1. = caliph. So khalifat(e, khaleefate, variants of caliphate.
1728Morgan Algiers I. iv. 153 From Alexandria..came all the Mighty Armadas set on Foot by the Saracen Khalifas. 1844Ld. Houghton Palm Leaves 10 The just successor of the Khaleefate. 1898Manch. Guard. 14 Oct., The Khalifate had belonged to the Khalifa, and not to the Khedive.
2. S. Afr. Also califa, chalifah, kalifa. A Malay sword-dance which originally had religious significance. Also attrib.
1856Cape Monitor 16 Jan. 2/3 (heading) Checking the Malay ‘Califa’. Ibid., Several Malay priests have been examined..and it would seem from their evidence that the Califa is by no means part of the Mahomedan religion, and..ought only to be played on a certain night in each year. 1861Cape Monthly Mag. Dec. 356 The most characteristic of their customs is the ‘Khalifa’, a religious ceremonial of the highest solemnity. 1867M. Kollisch Mussulman Population Cape Good Hope 59 The feats which the ‘Khalifa’ involved were highly amusing. 1900Diamond Fields Advertiser (Kimberley) 31 May 2/3 Town Hall, Kimberley. Khalifa Representation in aid of the fund for the relief of the sick and wounded in the Transvaal war. 1950M. Masson Birds of Passage xv. 142 But the pièce de résistance of the whole affair was a kalifa dance by two hundred Malays. 1953Du Plessis & Lückhoff Malay Quarter iii. 62 During the previous century..there were many bands of Chalifah-players. Ibid., The chief priest..is designated by the term Chalifah, which has now, through common usage, come to be applied to the performance itself. 1972Standard Encycl. S. Afr. VII. 147/1 The most spectacular custom of the Cape Malays is the performance of the Chalifah. |