honorific title for an Iranian Shiite religious leader, 1950, from Persian, from Arabic ayatu-llah, literally "miraculous sign of God."

mouthpiece of Alvin.

The male genitalia (e.g., the penis)

A Turkish person. Comes from Jimmy Nail's character in Auf Wiedersehen Pet who refers to the Turk's as Ayatollah's.

A man who uses religion as an excuse for all sorts of evil. A man who claims to be religious while using religion to excuse murder and other criminal acts.

n The title given to a person in a position of power or respect. Alluding to the title of the same name in the Islamic faith. It may, however, be used in situations as far as can be from Islam as imag [..]

A rag-wrapped asshole who thinks he posseses sufficient tallent to be a head of state. In reality they generally possess no tallent at all and barely have the brains to wipe their asses correctly.

n. Islam. 1.A high-ranking Shiite religious authority regarded as worthy of imitation in matters of religious law and interpretation. 2.Used as a title for such a leader. lit. Sign of God Ayatollah is [..]

title for an elite Shia (or Shiite) Muslim leader.

(n) a high-ranking Shiite religious leader who is regarded as an authority on religious law and its interpretation and who has political power as well

A Shiite term for senior clergyman. Capitalize when used as a title before a name, but lowercase otherwise.

high-ranking Shiite Muslem cleric.

A religious leader in Twelver