Ayatollah
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ayatollah-177-16351323
title:
Ayatollah
text:
Ayatollah is an honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy. In Iran it came into widespread usage in the 20th century. Originally used as a title bestowed by popular/clerical acclaim for a small number of the most distinguished marja' at-taqlid mujtahid, it suffered from "inflation" following the 1979 Iranian Revolution when it came to be used for "any established mujtahid". By 2015 it was further expanded to include any student who had passed their Mujtahid final exam, leading to "tho
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
High-ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shī'a Muslim clerics
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayatollah
date created:
2002-07-24T05:43:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T03:20:29Z
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