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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ayatollah
    n 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