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Ayatollah

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Islam A high-ranking Shiite religious authority regarded as worthy of imitation in matters of religious law and interpretation.

n. Islam Used as a title for such a leader.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A religious leader in Iranian Shi’ite Islam; a member of the ’ulama.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a high-ranking Shiite religious leader who is regarded as an authority on religious law and its interpretation and who has political power as well

Word Usage

"His successor, Ali Khamenei, also a fighter against the shah rather than a religious authority, was hastily "promoted" to the title ayatollah in order to become supreme leader."

Hypernym

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religious leader

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