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clerics were sharply divided on the issue of whether the war was morally justified
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There are multiple claimants to the Panchen Lama and the Karmapa Lama, the second- and third-highest ranking clerics, respectively, in Tibetan Buddhism.
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Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 2 July 2025
Revered by his followers as a marja', a leading Shiite Muslim cleric, his role or that of his successor may come to resemble others holding this religious title, such as Iraq's Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who holds no government position yet retains vast influence.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
In 2009, his father, a cleric, ran for the Presidency, as did the former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi, to defeat the hard-line incumbent, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Constitutionally, the Assembly of Experts, a body of 88 clerics, would need to vote to dismiss Khamenei from his position, but organizing such a vote under current circumstances is unlikely.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 22 June 2025
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Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 2 July 2025
Revered by his followers as a marja', a leading Shiite Muslim cleric, his role or that of his successor may come to resemble others holding this religious title, such as Iraq's Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who holds no government position yet retains vast influence.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
In 2009, his father, a cleric, ran for the Presidency, as did the former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi, to defeat the hard-line incumbent, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Constitutionally, the Assembly of Experts, a body of 88 clerics, would need to vote to dismiss Khamenei from his position, but organizing such a vote under current circumstances is unlikely.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 22 June 2025
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“Cleric.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cleric. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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cleric
noun
cler·ic
ˈkler-ik 
: a member of the clergy
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