Marja': Highest clerical rank in Usuli Twelver Shia Islam
Marji' (Arabic: مرجع, transliteration: marjiʿ; plural: marājiʿ), also known as a marji' taqlīd (Arabic: مرجع تقليد) or marji' dīnī (Arabic: مرجع ديني), is a title given to the highest level of Twelver Shia authority.
The Grand Ayatollah has power given by a hawzah to make legal decisions within Islamic law for followers and clerics.
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