Across
- 2. (formerly in Iran) king
- 3. a large cloth worn as a combination head covering, veil, and shawl usually by Muslim women especially in Iran
- 5. a 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
- 8. any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially the arts)
- 9. a person exercising absolute power, especially a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession
- 11. the 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
- 12. to sentence to punishment; to pronounce to be guilty
- 14. recovering readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like; buyout
- 16. the title for a Muslim religious leader or chief
- 18. (among the Shi'ites) a title in the religious hierarchy achieved by scholars who have demonstrated highly advanced knowledge of Islamic law and religion
- 20. (in the Islamic countries) a title of respect for a person who is learned in, teaches, or expounds the sacred law
Down
- 1. the study of divine things or religious truths; divinity
- 4. being beyond ordinary or common experience, thought, or belief; supernatural
- 6. assumption of human form or nature
- 7. frivolous acts or things (characterized by a lack of seriousness or sense)
- 10. 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
- 13. not pertaining to or connected with religion
- 15. the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious systems founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran
- 17. an urn with a spigot at its based used especially in Russia to boil water for tea
- 19. d'etat/A sudden decisive exercise of force in politics; especially: the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group
