mujtahid
noun
muj·ta·hid
müjˈtäˌhid
plural -s
: an authoritative interpreter of the religious law of Islam
especially : a living religious teacher that is recognized by the Shiʽa as competent to exercise private judgment in formulating authoritative answers to legal questions
Word History
Etymology
Arabic, one who exerts himself
- parentate
- parentation
- parented
- parenteral
- parenterally
- parentheses
- parenthesis
- parenthesise
- parenthesised
- parenthesises
- parenthesising
- parenthesize
- parenthesized
- parenthesizes
- parenthesizing
- parenthetic
- parenthetical
- parenthetically
- parenthood
- parenthoods
- parenticide
- parenties
- parenting
- parentings
- parentless