hojatolislam

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hojatolislam (plural hojatolislams)

  1. Alternative form of hojatoleslam
    • 2009 June 16, Neil Macfarquhar, “In Iran, an Iron Cleric, Now Blinking”, in New York Times[1]:
      Ayatollah Khamenei was elevated from the middle clerical rank, hojatolislam, to ayatollah overnight in what was essentially a political rather than a religious decision.