Definition of ayatollah in English:

ayatollah

noun ˌʌɪəˈtɒləˌaɪəˈtoʊlə

A high-ranking religious leader among Shiite Muslims, especially in Iran.
〈主伊朗〉阿亚图拉（伊斯兰教什叶派高级宗教领袖）
Example sentencesExamples
- Eventually, a new dictator, perhaps a Shiite ayatollah, takes control and forms a passionately anti-American government.
- From the ranks of ayatollahs, who will already have their own followings among the theological students, five or six are chosen to become the Grand Ayatollahs who act as models to be imitated.
- All the top imams and ayatollahs decided to meet on such religious questions to settle some urgent details of dogma.
- Najaf is the seat of the Shi'ite's ayatollahs, or spiritual leaders.
- The highest real crude oil prices in recent memory were in 1979 after the ayatollahs seized power in Iran and the global price of crude oil peaked at around US $35 per barrel.
- The chief ayatollah of the Shiite Muslims in Iraq says he wants direct democratic elections to take place.
- The ayatollah warned Iran would be pitiless towards rabble-rousers.
- How does this differ, except by degree, from the message of the imams and ayatollahs that government exists not to carry out the will of the people, but the will of the prophet as they choose to interpret it?
- More broadly, the Shiites can use this provision to place their ayatollahs over the elected parliament, as in Iran, because they alone are authorized to determine the ‘rules’ of Islam.
- The same applies to Protestant and Orthodox Christian leaders, the Dalai Lama, the Muslim ayatollahs, Jewish rabbinical councils, and all other modern-day religious patriarchs.
- Out of respect for his father and not wanting to increase the younger cleric's allure, the ayatollahs and other Shiite political groups have mostly remained silent in public about the situation.
- Because we see, of course, in Iran, the ayatollahs have been in control now since the fall of the shah.
- The only leaders they recognised were the imams and ayatollahs.
- He said in an interview that he would never allow direct talks with the coalition, but said discussions were being led by Iraq's four leading Shiite ayatollahs.
- The Iranians are a god-fearing people and believe in an afterlife, and this is certainly true of the mullahs and ayatollahs who comprise their government.
- At the same time a stream of visitors from Iran, including many clerics, are received by the ayatollah in his mud-brick home in downtown Najaf each day.
- His father was a well-known ayatollah - the top rank in the Shi'ite clerical hierarchy.
- The ayatollah wields considerable influence among Shiites, who make up more than 60 percent of Iraq's 25 million people.
- Three of Najaf's four grand ayatollahs are from Iran.
- She says the moderate ayatollahs of the religious establishment in Najaf are largely favorable to the US, but they do not want the occupation to drag on.

Origin

1950s: from Persian, from Arabic 'āyatu-llāh, literally 'token of God'.

Rhymes

choler, collar, corolla, dollar, dolour (US dolor), Hezbollah, holler, scholar, squalor, wallah, Waller, white-collar

Definition of ayatollah in US English:

ayatollah

nounˌīəˈtōləˌaɪəˈtoʊlə

A Shiite religious leader in Iran.
Example sentencesExamples
- He said in an interview that he would never allow direct talks with the coalition, but said discussions were being led by Iraq's four leading Shiite ayatollahs.
- All the top imams and ayatollahs decided to meet on such religious questions to settle some urgent details of dogma.
- More broadly, the Shiites can use this provision to place their ayatollahs over the elected parliament, as in Iran, because they alone are authorized to determine the ‘rules’ of Islam.
- The Iranians are a god-fearing people and believe in an afterlife, and this is certainly true of the mullahs and ayatollahs who comprise their government.
- Out of respect for his father and not wanting to increase the younger cleric's allure, the ayatollahs and other Shiite political groups have mostly remained silent in public about the situation.
- Eventually, a new dictator, perhaps a Shiite ayatollah, takes control and forms a passionately anti-American government.
- From the ranks of ayatollahs, who will already have their own followings among the theological students, five or six are chosen to become the Grand Ayatollahs who act as models to be imitated.
- The only leaders they recognised were the imams and ayatollahs.
- His father was a well-known ayatollah - the top rank in the Shi'ite clerical hierarchy.
- Because we see, of course, in Iran, the ayatollahs have been in control now since the fall of the shah.
- The same applies to Protestant and Orthodox Christian leaders, the Dalai Lama, the Muslim ayatollahs, Jewish rabbinical councils, and all other modern-day religious patriarchs.
- The highest real crude oil prices in recent memory were in 1979 after the ayatollahs seized power in Iran and the global price of crude oil peaked at around US $35 per barrel.
- The chief ayatollah of the Shiite Muslims in Iraq says he wants direct democratic elections to take place.
- Three of Najaf's four grand ayatollahs are from Iran.
- How does this differ, except by degree, from the message of the imams and ayatollahs that government exists not to carry out the will of the people, but the will of the prophet as they choose to interpret it?
- At the same time a stream of visitors from Iran, including many clerics, are received by the ayatollah in his mud-brick home in downtown Najaf each day.
- The ayatollah wields considerable influence among Shiites, who make up more than 60 percent of Iraq's 25 million people.
- Najaf is the seat of the Shi'ite's ayatollahs, or spiritual leaders.
- The ayatollah warned Iran would be pitiless towards rabble-rousers.
- She says the moderate ayatollahs of the religious establishment in Najaf are largely favorable to the US, but they do not want the occupation to drag on.

Origin

1950s: from Persian, from Arabic 'āyatu-llāh, literally ‘token of God’.

单词	ayatollah
释义	Definition of ayatollah in English: ayatollah noun ˌʌɪəˈtɒləˌaɪəˈtoʊlə A high-ranking religious leader among Shiite Muslims, especially in Iran. 〈主伊朗〉阿亚图拉（伊斯兰教什叶派高级宗教领袖） Example sentencesExamples Eventually, a new dictator, perhaps a Shiite ayatollah, takes control and forms a passionately anti-American government. From the ranks of ayatollahs, who will already have their own followings among the theological students, five or six are chosen to become the Grand Ayatollahs who act as models to be imitated. All the top imams and ayatollahs decided to meet on such religious questions to settle some urgent details of dogma. Najaf is the seat of the Shi'ite's ayatollahs, or spiritual leaders. The highest real crude oil prices in recent memory were in 1979 after the ayatollahs seized power in Iran and the global price of crude oil peaked at around US $35 per barrel. The chief ayatollah of the Shiite Muslims in Iraq says he wants direct democratic elections to take place. The ayatollah warned Iran would be pitiless towards rabble-rousers. How does this differ, except by degree, from the message of the imams and ayatollahs that government exists not to carry out the will of the people, but the will of the prophet as they choose to interpret it? More broadly, the Shiites can use this provision to place their ayatollahs over the elected parliament, as in Iran, because they alone are authorized to determine the ‘rules’ of Islam. The same applies to Protestant and Orthodox Christian leaders, the Dalai Lama, the Muslim ayatollahs, Jewish rabbinical councils, and all other modern-day religious patriarchs. Out of respect for his father and not wanting to increase the younger cleric's allure, the ayatollahs and other Shiite political groups have mostly remained silent in public about the situation. Because we see, of course, in Iran, the ayatollahs have been in control now since the fall of the shah. The only leaders they recognised were the imams and ayatollahs. He said in an interview that he would never allow direct talks with the coalition, but said discussions were being led by Iraq's four leading Shiite ayatollahs. The Iranians are a god-fearing people and believe in an afterlife, and this is certainly true of the mullahs and ayatollahs who comprise their government. At the same time a stream of visitors from Iran, including many clerics, are received by the ayatollah in his mud-brick home in downtown Najaf each day. His father was a well-known ayatollah - the top rank in the Shi'ite clerical hierarchy. The ayatollah wields considerable influence among Shiites, who make up more than 60 percent of Iraq's 25 million people. Three of Najaf's four grand ayatollahs are from Iran. She says the moderate ayatollahs of the religious establishment in Najaf are largely favorable to the US, but they do not want the occupation to drag on. Origin 1950s: from Persian, from Arabic 'āyatu-llāh, literally 'token of God'. Rhymes choler, collar, corolla, dollar, dolour (US dolor), Hezbollah, holler, scholar, squalor, wallah, Waller, white-collar Definition of ayatollah in US English: ayatollah nounˌīəˈtōləˌaɪəˈtoʊlə A Shiite religious leader in Iran. Example sentencesExamples He said in an interview that he would never allow direct talks with the coalition, but said discussions were being led by Iraq's four leading Shiite ayatollahs. All the top imams and ayatollahs decided to meet on such religious questions to settle some urgent details of dogma. More broadly, the Shiites can use this provision to place their ayatollahs over the elected parliament, as in Iran, because they alone are authorized to determine the ‘rules’ of Islam. The Iranians are a god-fearing people and believe in an afterlife, and this is certainly true of the mullahs and ayatollahs who comprise their government. Out of respect for his father and not wanting to increase the younger cleric's allure, the ayatollahs and other Shiite political groups have mostly remained silent in public about the situation. Eventually, a new dictator, perhaps a Shiite ayatollah, takes control and forms a passionately anti-American government. From the ranks of ayatollahs, who will already have their own followings among the theological students, five or six are chosen to become the Grand Ayatollahs who act as models to be imitated. The only leaders they recognised were the imams and ayatollahs. His father was a well-known ayatollah - the top rank in the Shi'ite clerical hierarchy. Because we see, of course, in Iran, the ayatollahs have been in control now since the fall of the shah. The same applies to Protestant and Orthodox Christian leaders, the Dalai Lama, the Muslim ayatollahs, Jewish rabbinical councils, and all other modern-day religious patriarchs. The highest real crude oil prices in recent memory were in 1979 after the ayatollahs seized power in Iran and the global price of crude oil peaked at around US $35 per barrel. The chief ayatollah of the Shiite Muslims in Iraq says he wants direct democratic elections to take place. Three of Najaf's four grand ayatollahs are from Iran. How does this differ, except by degree, from the message of the imams and ayatollahs that government exists not to carry out the will of the people, but the will of the prophet as they choose to interpret it? At the same time a stream of visitors from Iran, including many clerics, are received by the ayatollah in his mud-brick home in downtown Najaf each day. The ayatollah wields considerable influence among Shiites, who make up more than 60 percent of Iraq's 25 million people. Najaf is the seat of the Shi'ite's ayatollahs, or spiritual leaders. The ayatollah warned Iran would be pitiless towards rabble-rousers. She says the moderate ayatollahs of the religious establishment in Najaf are largely favorable to the US, but they do not want the occupation to drag on. Origin 1950s: from Persian, from Arabic 'āyatu-llāh, literally ‘token of God’.
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