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Borrowed from
Arabic
مَرْجِعِيَّة
(
marjiʕiyya
)
Noun
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marjaiya
(
plural not attested
)
(
Islam
)
The
supreme
religious
body
of
ayatollahs
in
Shi'ism
.
2015
November 1, Tim Arango, “In Bid to Counter Iran, Ayatollah in Iraq May End Up Emulating It”, in
New York Times
[1]
:
The role of the
marjaiya
is to be the protector of the rights of society.
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