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  • noun Plural form of ayatollah.

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Examples

  • Anything we can do to save our own economy, revitalize the envrionment, and spite the ayatollahs is win-win-win.

    Think Progress » Analysis: Strong Carbon Cap Would Cut Iran’s Petrodollars By Over $100 Million A Day 2010

  • This is a warning from Basheer al-Najafi - one of the four main ayatollahs in the Shiite religious leadership which includes grand ayatollah Ali Sistani – that security conditions are worsening in several cities in southern Iraq amid reports of clashes between Shiite militias and the British troops in the region.

    Blair's forgotten war (2) Richard 2006

  • Thus with the return of the Democratic Party to the White House and the US Congress, the nuclear nonproliferation 'ayatollahs' - as the group is often called by those who are on their cross-hairs - could consider to be back in business.

    Pinaki Bhattacharya: India's Deterrent Logic 2009

  • Clerics, including several ayatollahs, which is a top Shi'ite religious rank, have also assailed Ahmadinejad's vice - president.

    Breaking News - The Post Chronicle 2008

  • But he reserved his most biting disdain for net neutrality supporters, dismissing them as "ayatollahs" and "crusaders" engaged in "religious warfare."

    Craig Aaron: Net Neutrality's New Enemy: The Mythical Mushy Middle 2010

  • But he reserved his most biting disdain for net neutrality supporters, dismissing them as "ayatollahs" and "crusaders" engaged in "religious warfare."

    Craig Aaron: Net Neutrality's New Enemy: The Mythical Mushy Middle 2010

  • The word is Allah's, and his chosen divines such as ayatollahs and imams are the only ones who are to make pronouncements squarely based on Allah's word, the Quran.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • The word is Allah's, and his chosen divines such as ayatollahs and imams are the only ones who are to make pronouncements squarely based on Allah's word, the Quran.

    Yahoo! News: Top Stories 2010

  • The word is Allah's, and his chosen divines such as ayatollahs and imams are the only ones who are to make pronouncements squarely based on Allah's word, the Quran.

    Yahoo! News: Top Stories 2010

  • The word is Allah's, and his chosen divines such as ayatollahs and imams are the only ones who are to make pronouncements squarely based on Allah's word, the Quran.

    Yahoo! News: Sept. 11 2010

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