ayatollah
noun/ˌaɪəˈtɒlə/
/ˌaɪəˈtəʊlə/
- a religious leader of Shiite Muslims, especially in IranTopics Religion and festivalsc2Word Origin1950s: from Persian, from Arabic 'āyatu-llāh, literally ‘token of God’.
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