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adjective

• of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations

• characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world

• not concerned with or devoted to religion

• of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows

noun

• someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

adjective satellite

• characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

33%7Ayatollah Khomeini's nationality
adjective

• of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture

noun

• a native or inhabitant of Iran

• the modern Persian language spoken in Iran

33%8 Famous Shiite cleric and Ayatollah
noun

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

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