ولایت فقیه
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Persian
Etymology
From Arabic ولايَة الفقيه (wilāyat al-faqīh).
Noun
ولایت فقیه • (velayat-e faqih)
- “Protectorship of the Islamic Jurists”; a system of government wherein the Islamic clergy (ulema) have the ultimate say in the military, judicial, legislative, and executive branches of government.
References
- The meaning of “velayat-e faqih”