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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 well
Familiarity information: AYATOLLAH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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