Mullah (noun)
mu-lah
(in Islamic countries) a title of respect for a person who is learned in, teaches, or expounds the sacred law.
1605–15; from Persian or Urdu mullā from Arabic mawlā;
Example sentences
“Western forces must stop arming mullahs and then complaining that they have guns.”
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