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Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini

DEFINITIONS OF: Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini

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n Iranian religious leader of the Shiites; when Shah Pahlavi's regime fell Khomeini established a new constitution giving himself supreme powers (1900-1989)

Synonyms:
Ayatollah Khomeini, Khomeini, Ruholla Khomeini
Example of:
religious leader
leader of a religious order
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