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AYATOLLAH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ayatollah mean? 

AYATOLLAH (noun)
  The noun AYATOLLAH has 1 sense:

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 wellplay

  Familiarity information: AYATOLLAH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AYATOLLAH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ayatollah" is a kind of...):

religious leader (leader of a religious order)

Domain region:

Iran; Islamic Republic of Iran; Persia (a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil)


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