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Ayatollah

//aɪ.əˈtoʊl.ə// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism. Shia
  2. 2
    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 wordnet
  3. 3
    An authority on any subject. colloquial

    "P.S. This writer does NOT speak as the Ayatollah of SM. (There isn't one.) If you really want to know more, talk to sadomasochists, or at least do some reading if you're too scared to ask."

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian Persian آیَتُاللّٰه (âyato-l-lâh), from Classical Persian آیَةُاللّٰه (āyatu-l-lāh), from Arabic آيَةُ ٱللَّٰهِ (ʔāyatu llāhi, “sign of God”, from آيَة (ʔāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”)).

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