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ayatollah

Noun

∙ A religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism.

BABYLON ENGLISH
ayatollah n.
title of respect for a Shiite Muslim religious leader

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
ayatollah

ayatollah khomeini

WORDNET 2.0
ayatollah
Noun
1. 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
(hypernym) religious leader
(classification) Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Ayatollah
Ayatollah ( or ; ayatollah from , ayatu allah "Sign of Allah") is a high-ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shi‘ah clerics. Those who carry the title are experts in Islamic studies such as jurisprudence, quran reading, and philosophy and usually teach in Islamic seminaries. The next lower clerical rank is Hojatoleslam wal-muslemin.
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

ayatollah

Noun

∙ A religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism.

BABYLON ENGLISH
ayatollah n.
title of respect for a Shiite Muslim religious leader

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
ayatollah

ayatollah khomeini

WORDNET 2.0
ayatollah
Noun
1. 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
(hypernym) religious leader
(classification) Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Ayatollah
Ayatollah ( or ; ayatollah from , ayatu allah "Sign of Allah") is a high-ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shi‘ah clerics. Those who carry the title are experts in Islamic studies such as jurisprudence, quran reading, and philosophy and usually teach in Islamic seminaries. The next lower clerical rank is Hojatoleslam wal-muslemin.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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