Associations to the word «Ayatollah»

Wiktionary

AYATOLLAH, noun. A religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism.

Dictionary definition

AYATOLLAH, noun. 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.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne