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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ayatollah /ˌʌɪəˈtɒlə/

▶noun a high-ranking Shiite religious leader in Iran.

– origin Pers., from Arab. 'āyatu-llāh, lit. ‘token of God’.

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