'Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini' definitions:

Definition of 'Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini'

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noun
Iranian religious leader of the Shiites; when Shah Pahlavi's regime fell Khomeini established a new constitution giving himself supreme powers (1900-1989) [syn: Khomeini, Ruholla Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini]