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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Islam A high-ranking Shiite religious authority regarded as worthy of imitation in matters of religious law and interpretation.
  2. n. Islam Used as a title for such a leader.

Wiktionary

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

WordNet 3.0

  1. 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

Etymologies

  1. From Persian آیت‌الله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آية الله ('āyatu-llāh, "sign of God") (Wiktionary)
  2. Persian āyatollāh, from Arabic 'āyatu llāh, sign of God : 'āyatu, bound form of 'āya, sign, Koranic verse; see אwy in Semitic roots + allāh, Allah; see Allah. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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