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- 4. the Shi'ites) a title in the religious hierarchy achieved by scholars who have demonstrated highly advanced knowledge of Islamic law and religion
- 8. form of government in which god or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the god's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities
- 9. pertaining to or connected with religion
- 10. d'etat:A sudden decisive exercise of force in politics; especially: the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group
- 12. sentence to punishment; to pronounce to be guilty
- 13. urn with a spigot at its based used especially in Russia to boil water for tea
- 14. act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration;
- 15. of human form or nature
- 17. Islamic countries) a title of respect for a person who is learned in, teaches, or expounds the sacred law
- 20. study of divine things or religious truths; divinity
- 21. :a piece of fine material worn by women to protect or conceal the face.
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- 1. a complex that’s home to the president and tsarist treasures in the Armoury
- 2. large cloth worn as a combination head covering, veil, and shawl usually by Muslim women especially in Iran
- 3. beyond ordinary or common experience, thought, or belief; supernatural
- 5. person exercising absolute power, especially a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession
- 6. religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious systems founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran
- 7. acts or things (characterized by a lack of seriousness or sense)
- 11. class of wage earners, esp. those who earn their living by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working class
- 16. in Iran) king
- 18. title for a Muslim religious leader or chief
- 19. Materialism:The Marxian interpretation of reality that views matter as the sole subject of change as the product of constant conflict between opposites arising from the internal contradictions inherent in all events, ideas, and movements
